"The eloquent Baptist minister was raised in the segregated US South. He became a close associate of Martin Luther King and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination. Jackson was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017. He spent decades advocating for the rights of Black Americans and other minorities dating back to the turmoil of the civil rights movement of the 1960s."
"Jackson died peacefully on Tuesday morning, a statement from 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."
Reverend Jesse Jackson died peacefully on Tuesday morning at age 84, his family announced. He was an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated US South and became a close associate of Martin Luther King. He ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination and spent decades advocating for the rights of Black Americans and other minorities, beginning during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017. His family described him as a servant leader to his family and to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world.
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