"US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said."
"Our father was a servant leader - not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world," the Jackson family said."
Jesse Jackson, a prominent US civil rights leader and eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South, has died at age 84. He became a close associate of Martin Luther King and pursued the Democratic presidential nomination twice during his career. The Jackson family described him as a servant leader who supported his family and advocated for the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world. The family issued a public statement marking his passing and characterizing his lifelong commitment to civil rights and global advocacy. Further details were not included in the announcement.
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