"Over seven decades in the public arena, Jackson emerged as one of the most multifaceted figures in American history: a legendary civil rights leader, a knowing and caring defender of the disenfranchised, a vital advocate for voting rights and voter mobilization, a savvy media critic who recognized the importance of challenging narratives that promoted discrimination and division, an essential ally of labor unions,"
"The iconic civil rights leader, who has died at 84, made anti-war and pro-diplomacy politics central to his presidential bids and his lifelong activism. The Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr., the iconic champion of racial, economic, and social justice whose work as a young aide to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began a public life that would eventually see him mount a pair of transformative presidential bids, died Tuesday morning at age 84."
Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. died at age 84. He began public life as a young aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He mounted transformative presidential bids in 1984 and 1988 that centered anti-war and pro-diplomacy politics. He championed racial, economic, and social justice across generations. He defended the disenfranchised, advocated voting rights and voter mobilization, and challenged media narratives that promoted discrimination and division. He allied with labor unions, reformed the Democratic Party, supported struggling family farmers and urban workers, counseled presidents and prime ministers, and expressed deep faith through ardent advocacy for peace.
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