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Jesse Jackson dies at 84

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Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, 84, died Tuesday morning, ending a decades-long career advocating for racial equality and political empowerment in the United States.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, died on Tuesday at 84. Jackson’s presidential campaigns created a pathway for scores of Black Democrats to run for office, with many making historic leaps to prominent offices.
How Jesse Jackson Inspired Generations of Black Democrats
Mr. Jackson’s presidential campaigns created a pathway for scores of Black Democrats to run for office, with many making historic leaps to prominent offices.
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February 17, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Die Zeit
USA: US-Politiker würdigen verstorbenen Bürgerrechtler Jesse Jackson

"Wir standen auf seinen Schultern": Barack Obama hat den verstorbenen Bürgerrechtler Jesse Jackson gewürdigt. Donald Trump nannte ihn eine "Naturgewalt".

USA: US-Politiker würdigen verstorbenen Bürgerrechtler Jesse Jackson
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Burgerrechtenactivist Jesse Jackson wijdde zijn leven aan gelijke rechten voor zwarte Amerikanen
Burgerrechtenactivist Jesse Jackson wijdde zijn leven aan gelijke rechten voor zwarte Amerikanen
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America’s unions mourn the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering moral force whose commitment to justice reshaped our labor and civil rights movements.

Our hearts are with the Jackson family and all those who are mourning this immeasurable loss.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM

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Late '90s, Nelsonville, Ohio. A rally for Willie Nelson's Farm Aid campaign. #JesseJackson, Martin Sheen. (Willie phoned in bc he couldn't come.) Someone brought a horse (who knows why, it's Ohio, not Texas!). Up Jesse goes, a bit wobbly at first, grabs someone's Stetson to complete the look. 🧵👇 1/2
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Jesse Jackson should be remembered not only as a campaigner for civil rights at home but also as a champion for peace who profoundly shaped progressive thinking on America's place in the world.
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Jesse Jackson Gave Peace a Chance
The iconic civil rights leader, who has died at 84, made anti-war and pro-diplomacy politics central to his presidential bids and his lifelong activism.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:44 PM

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Jesse Jackson should be remembered not only as a campaigner for civil rights at home but also as a champion for peace who profoundly shaped progressive thinking on America's place in the world.
https://bit.ly/4c0rq4v
Jesse Jackson Gave Peace a Chance
The iconic civil rights leader, who has died at 84, made anti-war and pro-diplomacy politics central to his presidential bids and his lifelong activism.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM

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“Jesse Jackson Gave Peace a Chance!”

One of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s great legacies is his record, as a man of faith and a presidential candidate, of embracing anti-war movements, advocating for diplomacy over militarism, and working for deep cuts in Pentagon spending in order to fund human needs.
Jesse Jackson Gave Peace a Chance
The iconic civil rights leader, who has died at 84, made anti-war and pro-diplomacy politics central to his presidential bids and his lifelong activism.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM

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May he RIP 🪦

KEEP HOPE ALIVE!

Reverend Jesse Jackson passed away this morning.

Amy Goodman put together clips of her interviews with him over the years.

#Pinks #MomSky #ProudBlue

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“Keep Hope Alive”: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Icon Who Twice Ran for President
Civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. Jackson is known for working closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference during the...
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February 17, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Jesse Jackson werd zelf nooit verkozen, maar effende wel het pad voor Obama

Naast de charismatische dominee Martin Luther King was hij één van de prominentste zwarte stemmen die de groeiende roep om verandering in de VS verwoordden. Later zou hij niet alleen een gooi doen naar het presidentschap, maar ook zijn boodschap verbreden.

Jesse Jackson werd zelf nooit verkozen, maar effende wel het pad voor Obama
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Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Jesse Jackson: After Martin Luther King, the leading figure of Black America. Now he is dead

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. An obituary.

Jesse Jackson: After Martin Luther King, the leading figure of Black America. Now he is dead
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jesse jackson was constantly played as a punchline on 90s late-night TV to the point that i didn't understand his history of activism and serious left-leaning political platform until i was much older. i have to think, to some degree, that was on purpose.
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 PM

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New at Tusk: Jesse Jackson leaves behind a Democratic Party that once worked to marginalize him and his supporters in the name of electability
Jesse Jackson and the specter of electability
The reverend was everything mainstream Democrats hoped for and feared
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February 17, 2026 at 3:35 PM

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RIP to Jesse Jackson, who in this debate w/David Duke in 1977 delivered (until the host cut him off) a message of unity and against "national isolationism" that's important to hear today. He also ended the show w/one of the sickest burns ever directed at Duke: "You're not even a legitimate Klansman"
February 17, 2026 at 2:59 PM

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RIP 👇👇👇
February 17, 2026 at 2:49 PM

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Jesse Jackson was a product of his time. His 1988 presidential campaign was endorsed by Democratic Socialists of America and by Bernie Sanders. He spoke at Hugo Chavez's funeral in Venezuela. He helped prepare for today's rediscovery of socialism in the US.

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From Jesse to Bernie to Zohran: the lineage of successful socialists
The New York mayoral candidate has been compared to Bernie & AOC. But the success of today’s socialist Democrats traces back to Jesse Jackson in 1988.
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February 17, 2026 at 2:45 PM

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"The dream only makes sense if it's connected to the broken promise that had been unfulfilled for 100 years."

Jesse Jackson spoke to Democracy Now! shortly after the unveiling of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C.
February 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM

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