I don’t much care for the Daily Caller, but that’s who got the scoop:
WASHINGTON — Rainbow Push Coalition president Rev. Jesse Jackson told The Daily Caller Friday that Sen. Bernie Sanders was active in the Civil Rights movement in Chicago.
“Bernie was fighting back in Chicago not in the deep-south — in affordable housing struggles in Chicago. The movement was so broad based. There were civil rights leaders in Chicago,” Rev. Jackson said, confirming it might be too quick to dismiss Sanders’ activist background. [...]
Jackson was endorsed by Sanders in 1984 and again in 1988 when the Rainbow Push leader ran for the presidency, which Jackson says he is grateful for. However, despite that and confirming his friendly relationship with Bill and Hillary Clinton since the Sister Souljah moment in 1992, Jackson says he does not want to endorse anyone during the primary.