Barack Obama calls for Jesse Jackson's fight for justice to go on

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The US is facing daily assaults on democracy, former president Barack Obama has warned as he lauded Jesse Jackson for fighting abuses of power at a memorial service for the longtime civil rights activist. Obama joined former presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton, along with former vice-president Kamala Harris, at the public event in Chicago on Friday for Jackson, who died in February at age 84. [{ "selector": ".dtplz-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateX(calc(360px - 30px))", "opacity": "1", "visibility" :"visible"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateX(0)", "opacity": "1", "visibility" :"visible"} ] }]