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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 hours ago

Jesse Jackson obituary

Jesse Jackson pioneered serious African-American presidential campaigns in the 1980s, breaking racial barriers and shaping a complex, contested public legacy.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
5 hours ago

Photos: The life of civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson

Photographs document Rev. Jesse Jackson's long career spanning civil-rights activism, presidential campaigns, and international engagements with world leaders.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 hours ago

A historic force to be reckoned with, a giant to be mourned. Our panel pays tribute to the Rev Jesse Jackson | Hugh Muir, Diane Abbott, Nadine White

He came and spoke at an all-seats-taken, queue-around-the-block event organised by Operation Black Vote. And after 10 minutes of his address, part lectern exposition, part cadence-littered sermon, the reason for much of the fuss and awe became apparent. I am somebody. Shorn of context, the sentence sounds self evident, perhaps trite. Adapted from a 1950s poem by Rev William Holmes Borders Sr, Jackson made it his mantra.
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UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
4 hours ago

When Jesse Jackson addressed 1.5million people at London's biggest ever protest

Massive February 15, 2003 London protest urged leaders to halt the proposed US-led invasion of Iraq and called for restraint and peaceful options.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 hours ago

Jesse Jackson's unapologetic progressivism was rebellion at its core

Jesse Jackson organized large-scale Black voter registration and multi-group progressive coalitions to counteract Reagan-era policies and rebuild Democratic influence.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
8 hours ago

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84

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.
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fromThe Nation
3 months ago

How Jesse Jackson Transformed American Politics

Jesse Jackson transformed American politics by mobilizing Black voters, reshaping Democratic rules, promoting economic populism, and expanding inclusive political coalitions.
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