"Our father was a servant leader not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world. We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by."
"Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson rose to prominence alongside Martin Luther King Jr, joining the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and leading its Operation Breadbasket initiative. After King's assassination in 1968, Jackson founded People United to Save Humanity, later launching the National Rainbow Coalition. His 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the Democratic presidential nomination reshaped the party's coalition politics, winning primaries and caucuses and drawing millions of votes."
Jesse Jackson died at 84, surrounded by family, and a cause of death was not immediately given. He had been living for more than a decade with progressive supranuclear palsy and had previously disclosed a Parkinson's diagnosis in 2017. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, Jackson rose to prominence alongside Martin Luther King Jr., joining the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and leading its Operation Breadbasket initiative. After King's assassination in 1968, he founded People United to Save Humanity and later launched the National Rainbow Coalition. His 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential campaigns reshaped coalition politics, winning primaries and caucuses and drawing millions of votes. He negotiated releases of detained Americans abroad and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.
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