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Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...
Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., who collaborated with Martin Luther King and founded the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has died.
Jackson lived long enough to see himself become a villain.
The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., one of the most influential figures in modern American civil rights history, died peacefully on Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at the age of 84, surrounded by his family ...