Jesse Jackson hails historic Obama win

Jesse Jackson, a two-time U.S. presidential candidate and long-time black civil rights leader, on Tuesday called Barack Obama's march to capture the Democratic presidential nomination a "transformational moment."

"It is a fulfilling moment to be in Africa trying to reconcile two continents so savagely torn apart by the slave trade ... as a son of America and Africa becomes the de facto Democratic Party nominee," Jackson, 66, said by telephone from Tanzania.

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