Civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson dies aged 84
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Jesse Jackson’s children remember his civil rights legacy and describe him as a devoted father after his death at home.
Chicago plays host to public observances for the civil rights icon, who died at 84.
The late Jesse Jackson twice sought the Democratic nomination for president – and though he fell short in 1984 and 1988, his insurgent campaigns reshaped American politics and laid the groundwork for Barack Obama's ascent two decades later,
Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national movement for economic and social justice.
When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at 84 after battling a rare neurological condition, prompting President Donald Trump to honor him as "truly special."
Jesse Jackson visited Wisconsin countless times, during Act 10 and the Cudahy strike to Kenosha following the shooting of Jacob Blake in 2020.