Jesse Jackson's Early Crusades and Controversies
A look back at young Jesse Jackson's early activism, including his critiques of disco music, labor mediation, and corporate boycotts.
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Jesse Jackson, Civil-Rights Leader and Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84 - The Wall Street Journal
Trump Uses Jesse Jackson’s Death to Attack Democrats
Donald Trump Trash-Talks Barack Obama in Tribute to Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at age 84
Trump Uses Jesse Jackson’s Death To Land Yet Another Hit On Obama
Trump uses Jesse Jackson to take dig at ‘Barack Hussein Obama,’ whom the civil rights leader ‘could not stand’
Jesse Jackson: Civil rights leader dies aged 84
Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Activist And Presidential Candidate Dies Aged 84
Al Sharpton, Bernice King and Trump Among Tributes to Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson: titan of US civil rights movement leaves legacy of hope - The Latest
Jesse Jackson: A life in pictures
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Jesse Jackson: A life in pictures
A look back at the remarkable life of the US civil rights activist, who died on Tuesday aged 84.
Read full article →Jesse Jackson: titan of US civil rights movement leaves legacy of hope - The Latest
The civil rights campaigner has died aged 84. Jackson was a protege of Martin Luther King Jr and ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination. He remained a prominent figure in US politics for more than 50 years, championing the rights of Black, poor and working-class people with his ‘rainbow coalition’. Lucy Hough speaks to columnist and host of Over the top, Under the Radar podcast Carys Afoko. Continue reading...
By Lucy Hough Carys Afoko Bryony Moore Ryan Ramgobin Zoe Hitch
Read full article →Al Sharpton, Bernice King and Trump Among Tributes to Jesse Jackson
In states including South Carolina, where Mr. Jackson was born, and Illinois, officials also ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.
By Isabella Kwai
Read full article →Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Activist And Presidential Candidate Dies Aged 84
Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist, has passed away at 84.
By Anthony Yates
Read full article →Jesse Jackson: Civil rights leader dies aged 84
Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister who helped spearhead the fight for racial justice in Americafor more than six decades, has died aged 84. Born in 1941, in South Carolina, Jackson rose to prominence as a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. But it was his two bids for the White House in the 1980s that propelled him into the national spotlight.
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Read full article →Trump uses Jesse Jackson to take dig at ‘Barack Hussein Obama,’ whom the civil rights leader ‘could not stand’
Trump said ‘no other president’ had tried to pass criminal justice reform or long-term funding for historically Black colleges and universities, which was supported by Jackson
By Ariana Baio
Read full article →Trump Uses Jesse Jackson’s Death To Land Yet Another Hit On Obama
Read full article →Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at age 84
US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, one of the most influential black political figures in US history, has died.
Read full article →Donald Trump Trash-Talks Barack Obama in Tribute to Jesse Jackson
Hours after Reverend Jesse Jackson's death, President Donald Trump memorialized the civil rights pioneer in a way only Trump could ... by making it all about Trump -- and he threw in a jab at former President Barack Obama for good measure. POTUS…
By TMZ Staff
Read full article →Trump Uses Jesse Jackson’s Death to Attack Democrats
The president not surprisingly tried to make the death of the civil rights icon all about himself
By Ryan Bort
Read full article →Jesse Jackson, Civil-Rights Leader and Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84 - The Wall Street Journal
Jesse Jackson, Civil-Rights Leader and Democratic Presidential Candidate, Dies at 84 The Wall Street Journal
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