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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84

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Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday (February 17 2026). This report produced by Freddie Joyner.

Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South, was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017.

Dating back to the turbulent civil rights movement of the 1960s spearheaded by King, Jackson advocated for the rights of Black Americans and other marginalized communities.

Reverend Al Sharpton spoke to reporters about the influence his friend and mentor had on the country.

Jackson pursued his political ambitions in the 1980s, relying on his mesmerizing oratory.

It was not until fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama's election as president in 2008 that a Black candidate came as close to securing a major party presidential nomination as Jackson.

In a statement released Tuesday, the Obamas called Jackson a “true giant” who they stood on the shoulders of.

Jackson founded the Chicago-based civil rights groups Operation PUSH and the National Rainbow Coalition and served as Democratic President Bill Clinton's special envoy to Africa in the 1990s.

Jackson continued his activism later in life, condemning the police killing of George Floyd and other Black Americans in 2020 amid the global racial justice movement.

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