Jesse Jackson Dies; NAACP Hails 'Keep Hope Alive'
February 20, 2026·24 days ago·via WGBH

Jesse Jackson, the fiery civil rights activist famous for his "keep hope alive" rallying cry, has passed away, prompting tributes from the NAACP and other left-leaning groups that credit him with buoying Black America through decades of agitation. Jackson rose in the 1960s working with Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, later founding Operation PUSH and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to push economic justice, voting rights, and anti-apartheid causes abroad. Read more about this...