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  1. World leaders react after the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson | AP News

    6 days ago · 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 …

  2. Jesse Jackson - Wikipedia

    Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; October 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026) was an American civil rights activist, LGBTQ rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister.

  3. Jesse Jackson dies after long illness. Civil Rights icon was 84.

    6 days ago · The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside Martin Luther King Jr., negotiated global hostage releases, and shamed corporations for their lack of corporate...

  4. Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson, Trump and others share tributes | CNN

    6 days ago · Among the tributes pouring in for Rev. Jesse Jackson are messages from several world leaders, who remembered the civil rights leader as a global moral authority.

  5. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age ...

    6 days ago · The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84. He died peacefully …

  6. Longtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84 : NPR

    6 days ago · 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...

  7. Jesse Jackson, LGBT rights ally, dies at 84 | Advocate.com

    6 days ago · Rev. Jesse Jackson, trailblazing civil rights icon and LGBTQ+ rights ally, dead at 84 Jackson was the first presidential candidate to include support for LGBTQ+ rights in their campaign …

  8. Presidents and Faith Leaders Pay Tribute to Jesse Jackson

    6 days ago · Jesse Jackson was a son of the South, but made Chicago his home and political center of power. He helped elect the city’s first Black mayor, Harold Washington, and often worked to negotiate ...

  9. Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist and Chicago icon, dies at age ...

    6 days ago · 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.

  10. Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies aged 84 - The Independent

    6 days ago · Jesse Jackson dead: Civil rights icon dies aged 84 A cause of death was not immediately given but Jackson’s family said he died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones