The late civil rights icon Jesse Jackson left a lasting footprint in Kern County

The late civil rights icon Jesse Jackson left a lasting footprint in Kern County

Jesse Jackson rose to national prominence as one of the most recognized voices of the modern civil rights movement.Working closely with Martin Luther King Jr., he became a leading advocate for racial and economic justice. Over the years, he stood alongside prominent labor leaders such as Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, lending his voice and visibility to the farm worker movement.Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers, remembered Jackson …