Celebration of Life services have been announced for civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., including lying in state events and a homegoing service in Chicago.

For generations of Americans, Rev. Jesse Jackson wasn’t just a civil rights leader he was a voice of hope.

Jesse Louis Jackson — 41-year-old son of the South, child of civil rights and a prospective 1984 black presidential candidate — is a man driven, almost obsessed with his self-appointed mission.