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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
- On Tuesday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, died at age 84, his family announced, saying he died peacefully surrounded by loved ones.
- Founding PUSH in 1971, Jackson joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to work alongside King and promoted Black liberation efforts, the family said.
- Internationally, Jackson secured the release of three U.S. soldiers in Yugoslavia, at least 16 Americans held in Cuba, two Gambian Americans, and a U.S. Navy pilot.
- Jackson's family said he was survived by Jacqueline Brown and five children, including former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., with prominent voices calling him a tireless change agent.
- Looking at legacy, Jackson's campaigns and organisations, he had disclosed a Parkinson's disease diagnosis in 2017 and was hospitalized in November for progressive supranuclear palsy, leaving a lasting influence on civil rights.
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Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., an icon of the civil rights movement and twice a Democratic presidential candidate, died on Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at the age of 84, confirmed his family. Jackson devoted more than six decades to confronting racial and social inequality in the United States and, after decades of national activism, forged a deep bond with Washington, DC, especially through his struggle for justice and political representation…
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