The decision by South Carolina to allow Reverend Jesse Jackson to lie in state at the Capitol in Columbia, South Carolina is righteous.
While those in Washington DC declined to extend this honor at the U.S. Capitol, our state chose to recognize a son of South Carolina whose leadership helped shape the modern civil rights movement and expand opportunity for generations.
Reverend Jackson stood on the front lines for justice, voting rights, economic empowerment, and human dignity. Allowing him to lie in state is a powerful acknowledgment that his work mattered and that the struggle for equality he championed remains part of our living history.
South Carolina did the right thing. And history will remember it!