Rev. Jesse Jackson has died
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The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s assassination, has died. He was 84. (Produced by Carrie Antlfinger)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights leader, minister, and politician, who was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and in the 1980s reshaped Democratic politics with two galvanizing presidential campaigns, died Tuesday at the age of 84.
An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.
With the exception of a brief rift in 2008, the two publicly maintained mutual respect. A family representative told Snopes the rumor was false.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who gained worldwide acclaim for his work, died Tuesday at the age of 84, his family confirmed in a statement. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Civil Rights leader and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition,
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, America’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died on Tuesday. He was 84. In a statement, his family said that Mr. Jackson “died peacefully,” but did not give a cause.
He died peacefully on Tuesday morning surrounded by his family, they say in a statement.
Jesse Jackson's upbringing in SC shaped his mission for justice and propelled him to work for causes in his home state throughout his life.
Few players on the American stage of progressive politics have matched the complexity, determination and brilliance of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. He turned 84 on his last birthday; the fullness of his years and the ravaging of a rare medical condition ...
July 17, 1960 - Jackson begins his civil rights activism when he and seven others enter the “whites only” public library in Greenville County, South Carolina. They are subsequently arrested and jailed. A lawyer files suit on their behalf and two months later the library system abandons formal segregation of its downtown library.