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Pritzker summons words of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson to decry cross burning in Grant Park
Gov. JB Pritzker condemned the cross burning in Grant Park at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference, linking it to far-right leaders enabling hatred and quoting the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's 'Keep hope alive' message. Burning crosses are historically associated with white supremacy and the Ku Klux Klan.
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