Plymouth mourns Jesse James Jackson, one of first Black Marines
PLYMOUTH – An administrative oversight initially prevented Jesse James Jackson from receiving trailblazing national recognition as one of the first African American Marines. But correcting the mistake only added to the glory and allowed the longtime White Cliffs resident to celebrate what he called “the best day in my whole life” at a spry 92, when he was honored with a Congressional Gold Medal as a Montford Point Marine. A Georgia native who would have turned 100 next June, Jackson cut as fine a figure in the business world as he did in uniform. From his origins as a young entrepreneur...
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