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Rev. Jesse Jackson receives France’s Legion of Honor

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Chicago’s Rev. Jesse Jackson will accept France’s highest order of merit, Legion of Honor, reports WLS.

Rev. Jackson, 79, received the award in France on Monday, July 19.

Jackson has been a civil rights activist for decades.

France President Emmanuel Marcon said the reverend has never stopped campaigning for peace justice and fraternity, and that the values Jackson has promoted are also those of the French republic.

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