Jesse Jackson was "brilliant, voracious, provocative, and persuasive all at once, at times electrifying and at times confounding," Kevin Merida writes. He recounts private plane conversations and unexpected drop-ins from the reverend:

Jesse Jackson was "brilliant, voracious, provocative, and persuasive all at once, at times electrifying and at times confounding," Kevin Merida writes. He recounts private plane conversations and unexpected drop-ins from the reverend: