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Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at age 84

Name: Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at age 84
Uploaded: 2026-02-17T06:20:00-0600
Duration: 1 min 13 s
Description: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84.