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Rev. Jesse Jackson on Fenger Academy High School Beating

WTTW News | September 29, 2009, 7:00 pm

The mob beating of 16-year-old Fenger Academy High School student Derrion Albert has attracted national attention. We talk to Rev. Jesse Jackson about his meeting with Derrion's family today.

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