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Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson

Name: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson
Uploaded: 2026-02-17T06:59:00-0500
Duration: 18 min 29 s
Description: The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and created the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, has died at age 84, his family announced. Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, joins CBS News with more. Also, CBS News Chicago's Darius Johnson reports from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Illinois.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and created the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, has died at age 84, his family announced. Bryan Stevenson, the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, joins CBS News with more. Also, CBS News Chicago's Darius Johnson reports from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Illinois.