Civil Rights Icon Jesse Jackson Dies at 84 After Pioneering Career and Historic Presidential Runs

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Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson died at age 84 at his home following a life of activism and historic presidential campaigns.A protege of Martin Luther King Jr. and witness to his 1968 assassination, he founded the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and broke barriers for leaders like Barack Obama.Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000 after he served as a special envoy to Africa and a diplomatic mediator in Syria.Despite battling Parkinson's disease later in life, he remained active in social justice movements like Black Lives Matter until his final public appearance at the 2024 DNC.
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