Jesse Jackson Dies at 84 After Long Illness

February 17, 2026·16 days ago·via Fox News Politics

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, a two-time Democratic presidential candidate and founder of Rainbow PUSH, dies at 84 following a battle with progressive supranuclear palsy after earlier Parkinson's diagnosis. Jackson rose from segregated South Carolina schools and sit-ins to march with Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, though tensions later brewed with other leaders over his ambitions. Read more about this...

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