Among the more moving tributes to the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the days after his death last week were the endless number of selfies that popped up on social media.

Athletes, entertainers, politicians, business leaders, nurses, preachers and teachers were all posting pictures documenting the time they met the global icon who believed he could make a difference, and did.

I almost wished I had taken a picture the time I interviewed him about voting rights, economic injustice, environmental racism or whatever cause it was he was fighting for that day.

But that was in an era before cell phone cameras, and before journalists thought it was OK to pose for posterity with the subject of their story.

To confess, I do have a cherished picture of me interviewing Rosa Parks, but only because the photographer I was working with thought I might like a keepsake of the career highlight.

And while we’re on the subject of thank yous, how about a few big........

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