A ‘servant leader’ honored: The nation pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon

By: Shauneen Miranda, Jacob Fischler

Outlets: DC Bureau (States Newsroom)

Published: February 17, 2026

Words: 1,317

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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WASHINGTON — Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84.

The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully, surrounded by his kin, according to his family.

Jackson, who was active in the civil rights movement as a college student, worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as a young adult before King’s 1968 assassination.

Leading his …

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