The Rotunda Is Too Small for Rev. Jesse Jackson

By Julianne Malveaux

America has rituals for the dead. We lower flags. We dim lights. We ask for moments of silence. In rare cases — former presidents, Rosa Parks — we place bodies beneath the Capitol dome and call it honor. So when congressional leaders declined to extend that honor to Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, they cited precedent.

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• February 25, 2026