"Few New Yorkers knew the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who died early on Tuesday morning, quite like Rev. Al Sharpton. The two ministers, turned champions of equality in America, forged a relationship that lasted more than 70 years as they continued the fight for justice inherited from great civil rights leaders, from Medgar Evers to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
"Sharpton mourned his longtime friend and mentor's death at the age of 84, crediting Jackson as a consequential and transformative leader who changed the civil rights movement broadly, as well as New York and American politics. It was in 1984, when he ran for President, that he changed the rules that primaries were governed by, Sharpton said. It was Jesse changing [the rules] to proportional delegate representation is how Barack Obama was made the nominee."
Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday morning at age 84. Rev. Al Sharpton mourned Jackson as a longtime friend, mentor and consequential civil rights leader. Sharpton and Jackson forged a relationship that lasted more than 70 years while continuing the fight for justice rooted in leaders like Medgar Evers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Jackson changed Democratic primary rules during his 1984 presidential run by advancing proportional delegate representation, a shift credited with enabling Barack Obama to secure the nomination. Sharpton recalled a private phone prayer with Jackson’s family arranged by Jackson’s son Yusef. Sharpton began activism as a youth and served as youth director of Brooklyn's Operation Breadbasket at age 13.
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