Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful, dies at 84

Washington, Feb 17 (Reuters) – Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised ⁠in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. Read full story

Source : https://www.thestar.com.my/news/world/2026/02/17/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-leader-and-us-presidential-hopeful-dies-at-84

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