"He made me believe even a kid on welfare in Brownsville, Brooklyn, could be somebody."
Rev. Al Sharpton held a information convention remembering the late Rev. Jesse Jackson.
The civil rights chief died early on Tuesday morning on the age of 84, his household mentioned in an announcement.
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