Candidate

Prospective recipient of an award or position

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Civil Rights (7)
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Jesse Jackson (7) · Civil Rights (7) · Presidential Candidate (6) · Activism (5) · Martin Luther King Jr. (5) · Social Justice (3) · Racial Equality (3) · Rainbow Coalition (2) · Operation PUSH (2) · Rainbow/PUSH Coalition (2) · African American (2) · Rainbow PUSH (2) · Presidential Campaign (1) · Voting Rights (1) · Social Activist (1) · Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1) · Baptist Minister (1) · Parkinson's Disease (1) · Chicago (1)

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A candidate, or nominee, is a prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position. For example, one can be a candidate for membership in a group or election to an office, in which case a candidate selection occurs. "Nomination" is part of the process of selecting a candidate for either election to an office by a political party, or the bestowing of an honor or award.

📰 Related News (7)

🇺🇸 A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy (2026-02-17)
Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Geoff Bennett re...
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson's civil rights legacy (2026-02-17)
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr., died at 84, his family said. Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strate...
🇺🇸 Remembering the life and legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson who died at 84 (2026-02-17)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, has died at the age of 84, his family said. Jackson worked alongside ...
🇺🇸 The Rev. Jesse Jackson, leader of Civil Rights Movement for decades, dies at 84 (2026-02-17)
Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement after the revered leader's...
🇺🇸 Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84 (2026-02-17)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, had died at the age of 84, his famil...
🇺🇸 Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and former presidential candidate, dies at 84 (2026-02-17)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate....
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84 (2026-02-17)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for deca...

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Civil and political rights · 7 shared articles
Jesse Jackson · 7 shared articles
Activism · 5 shared articles
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Social justice · 2 shared articles
African Americans · 2 shared articles
Death · 1 shared articles
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Rainbow Coalition · 1 shared articles
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Chicago · 1 shared articles