Greenville native remembers Rev. Jesse Jackson as ‘younger brother’

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – A Greenville man who grew up alongside Rev. Jesse Jackson is remembering the civil rights leader as family.

Grady Butler, a Greenville native and resident, said Jackson’s mother was his godmother.

“His mother adopted me early on. She needed a third son. So Jesse was like my younger brother,” Butler said…

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