Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84

US political leaders pay tribute to civil rights activist Jesse Jackson

Tributes to civil rights leader Jesse Jackson have come from across the political spectrum in the United States.

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dead at 84

Jackson led a rainbow coalition of Americans through decades of protest and progress

Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson died at 84. Here’s why Harvard won’t forget him

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who traveled across America and visited institutions including Massachusetts’ own Harvard University to advocate for civil rights, has died at age 84.

IN MEMORIAM: Civil Rights Icon Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. Passes Away at 84

In the early 1960s when young activists were fighting against race-based discrimination Jackson was among them, unaware of the role he would play in the Civil Rights Movement over the next several decades. By the time of his passing, he had lived to see the inauguration of a Black president and his work being done by thousands of people from every background.

Jesse Jackson Dead at 84 – Here Is The Legacy The Left Wants You to Forget

The media's already writing glowing tributes about Jesse Jackson's "tireless commitment to justice" and his role as a civil rights icon. They're conveniently leaving out all the scandal. Jackson died peacefully Tuesday morning at 84, and the whitewashing of his controversial six-decade career has officially begun. He Positioned Himself as King's Successor — But King […]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights activist and racial ‘pathfinder', dies at 84

A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr, Jackson rose from the Jim Crow era to become a groundbreaking politician who mounted two electrifying runs for the presidency in the 1980s.