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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84
- The Associated Press confirmed Rev. Jesse Jackson's death at home, with his daughter Santita Jackson informing that he died surrounded by family.
- Having stepped down as Rainbow/PUSH president in July 2023, Jackson disclosed seeking treatment for Parkinson's in 2017 and later confirmed progressive supranuclear palsy.
- A two-time Democratic presidential contender, Jesse Jackson founded Operation PUSH and Rainbow/PUSH, drew millions of votes, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.
- He spent his final months under round-the-clock care after hospital admission in November and lost the ability to speak, communicating by holding hands with family who cared for him at home.
- Some aides disputed Jackson's claim of wearing a blood-soaked turtleneck from King, and he acknowledged fathering Ashley Jackson with a Rainbow/PUSH employee.
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Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader whose 1984 comments undercut Jewish relations, dies at 84
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Black leader who sought to build a “rainbow coalition” for America’s future but struggled to include Jews in it, has died at 84. For American Jews, Jackson’s use of an antisemitic epithet, criticism of Israel and association with the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan during his first presidential run in 1984 proved hard to overcome, even as the towering figure apologized in part and preached reconciliation. “This man …
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