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Jesse Jackson, Who Carried Martin Luther King Jr's Movement Far Beyond Civil Rights, Dies at 84
17 Feb 2026 23:00 GMT
… civil rights and humanitarian work.
2008 – Witnessed the election of Barack Obama … Navy pilot shot down over Syria in 1984, the release … Iraq ahead of the Gulf War.
Later, President Bill Clinton … policies he believed undermined civil rights and warning that …
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Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and historic presidential candidate, dies at 84
17 Feb 2026 20:08 GMT
… presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades … ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
“Even if we win,” … politician had before President Barack Obama, winning 13 primaries and … Jackson said, before heading to Syria. “We choose to do …
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights icon with rocky ties to Jews, dies at 84
17 Feb 2026 20:08 GMT
… presidential candidate who led the civil rights movement for decades after … politician had before president Barack Obama, winning 13 primaries and caucuses … Navy Lt. Robert Goodman from Syria in 1984, as well as … the past two years of war and rising global anti- …
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Civil rights leader and former US presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson dies at 84
17 Feb 2026 19:02 GMT
Civil rights leader and Baptist minister … the first Black major party White House nominee, and never held elected … held overseas in places including Syria, Cuba, Iraq and Serbia.
Jackson … ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
Earlier this year doctors confirmed …
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Farewell to Civil Rights Leader Jesse Jackson
17 Feb 2026 18:29 GMT
… His message reached beyond traditional civil rights circles, articulated in … a serious run for the White House, following Shirley Chisholm… years later, when Barack Obama claimed the presidency, cameras … Lt. Robert Goodman from Syria . In 1990, he secured …
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Civil rights icon Jesse L. Jackson, who visited VI in 2004, dies
17 Feb 2026 17:31 GMT
… national force during his two White House campaigns. Jackson was present with … s activism.
He travelled to Syria in 1983 to plead for … the eve of the Gulf War to plead with Saddam … 2000 by Clinton, the highest civilian honour in America.
Disclaimer: Virgin …
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Jesse Jackson obituary: The civil rights activist who sowed the seeds of possibility
17 Feb 2026 14:47 GMT
… after his speech when Barack Obama realised that dream.
His … said he experienced discrimination.
Civil rights activism began when he … the first black major party White House nominee.
He later served as … overseas in places such as Syria, Cuba, Iraq and Serbia. …
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Reverend Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84
17 Feb 2026 13:07 GMT
… presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after … ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
“Even if we win,” … politician had before President Barack Obama, winning 13 primaries and … Navy Lt. Robert Goodman from Syria in 1984, as well …
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Jesse Jackson (1941-2026): US civil rights icon who sought the presidency
17 Feb 2026 12:48 GMT
… civil rights, liberal missions, and political activism, and his two White House … successful Black presidential candidate until Obama. In 1988, he … ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
A Baptist minister, … US prisoners took him to Syria, Iraq, and Serbia.
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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Activist and Religious Leader, Dead at 84
17 Feb 2026 12:40 GMT
… . Jesse Jackson, the towering civil rights activist and religious leader … a captured Navy Lieutenant in Syria, as well as 48 Cuban … War).
In 2007, Jackson became one of the earliest backers of Obama … Congress or go in that White House and tell them. Or Moses …