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Civil rights icon, who died Tuesday, shifted Black politics and leftist coalition-building from the sidecar of the Democratic party to the driver's seat By the early 1980s, the Democratic party was facing a crossroads. The 1980 landslide election of Ronald Reagan, who clenched the presidency with a whopping 489 electoral college votes against Democratic incumbent Jimmy Carter, swiftly pulled the Democratic party to the right in the political and cultural wave of the " Reagan Revolution"...
The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad...
One of the US's most prominent civil rights leaders who was a protege of Martin Luther King and a presidential hopeful The veteran civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who has died aged 84, made history when he stood for the White House in 1984 and 1988. He was not the first African American to seek the US presidency, but he was the first to mount a serious challenge, breaking through racial barriers, securing millions of votes and, at one point, becoming frontrunner for the Democratic nomination...
Hollywood Life - 13 hours 56 min agoThe late reverend and civil rights icon died at the age of 84. Here's what we know about his final months.
Daily Signal - 14 hours 17 min agoCivil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice... Read More The post Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 84 appeared first on The Daily Signal .
Attack of the Fanboy - 14 hours 23 min agoReverend Jesse Jackson, a prominent figure in the US civil rights movement, has died at the age of 84. As reported by Al Jazeera, his family said he...
"Keep hope alive". This was Jesse Jackson's message, delivered at the end of his famous 1988 speech at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, his second campaign for the presidential nomination.
The civil rights leader, who ran for president twice in the 1980s, leaves a lasting legacy.
The civil rights leader, who ran for president twice in the 1980s, leaves a lasting legacy.
Reverend Jesse Jackson, long-time civil rights advocate who marched with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a two-time presidential candidate, has died at 84 according to his family. TODAY's Craig Melvin shares a look back at Jackson's life and legacy.
Rolling Stone - 15 hours 2 min ago"Our father was a servant leader not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world," his family said in a statement...
NPR - 15 hours 18 min agoLongtime civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at age 84. And, the U.S. and Iran are set for high-stakes negotiations today in Geneva about Iran's nuclear program.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84, remembered for justice, equality, and activism.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister and civil rights leader who twice sought to be the Democratic Party's nominee for U.S. president, died Tuesday, his family announced.
NPR - 15 hours 27 min agoNPR's Michel Martin talks about the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights leader, minister, and politician, who died Tuesday at the age of 84.
A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for the 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr. Plus, did a prize-winning novelist steal a woman's life story? Good morning. The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran a strong campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, has died . He was 84. What was Jesse Jackson's role in the civil rights movement? Once close to Martin Luther King...
Jesse Jackson , longtime civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, has died at the age of 84 .
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The US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a 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 84 Continue reading...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, Baptist minister, veteran organizer, and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Tuesday at 84, his family announced. They said he died peacefully, surrounded by relatives; no cause of death was given, though Jackson had suffered from poor health in his later years, reports NBC...
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.
Celebrated ally of Dr Martin Luther King, advocate for the marginalized and Baptist minister passes away after recent health struggles...
US Democrats and an Islamic civil rights group have called for the resignation of a Republican congressman after he suggested he would choose dogs over Muslims. ...
ABC News - 16 hours 43 min agoCivil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson passed away, he was surrounded by his family.
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