Rev. Jesse Jackson, Operation PUSH, and the Road I Didn’t Take

It can be hard to know whether you made the right decision until many years after the decision is made.

This week I have found myself thinking non-stop about Rev. Jesse Jackson.

In a recent interview reflecting on his passing, I said something that remains true: going to work with him two years after he founded Operation PUSH in 1973 was the most impactful experience of my life.

I was 23 years old. He was 33.

I worked with him for three years, and without fe…