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Jesse Jackson

American activist and politician (1941–2026)

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Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; October 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026) was an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson has maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades.

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🇺🇸 Photos: Scenes from Jesse Jackson's homegoing services (2026-03-08)
Thousands showed up in Chicago over the weekend to pay respects to the civil rights leader, who died last month at the age of 84....
🇺🇸 Rev. Jesse Jackson's children share emotional, personal tributes (2026-03-07)
Rev. Jesse Jackson's children gave loving, personal and often emotional eulogies Saturday at his private homegoing services at Rainbow PUSH Headquarte...
🇺🇸 After a president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for an intimate homegoing (2026-03-07)
A day after former presidents, sitting governors and local Chicago residents alike attended a vibrant, televised celebration for the late Rev. Jesse J...
🇬🇧 Watch: Obama, Biden and Clinton remember 'tenacious' Jesse Jackson (2026-03-06)
The three former US presidents were among dozens of high profile figures present at the late civil rights activist's memorial....
🇺🇸 Family, former presidents and a Hall of Famer give Rev. Jesse Jackson a final sendoff (2026-03-07)
Several speakers at Jackson's funeral invoked his hallmark catchphrases: "Keep hope alive" and "I am somebody."...
🇺🇸 Obama: Rev. Jesse Jackson 'inspires us to take a harder path' (2026-03-06)
Former President Barack Obama spoke at the funeral service for Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago, remembering him as a "born leader" who "rose above despa...
🇺🇸 Funny and touching moments from Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral (2026-03-07)
Former presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden joined others in honoring Rev. Jesse Jackson at his funeral in Chicago's House of Hope on F...
🇬🇧 Jesse Jackson hailed as ‘ambassador of hope’ at memorial attended by Clintons, Obama and Biden (2026-03-06)
Thousands in Chicago honored civil rights ‘champion’ who ‘stepped forward again and again’, Obama saidAt the longtime civil rights activist’...
🇺🇸 WATCH: Obama calls on Americans to 'step up' like Jesse Jackson for a better future (2026-03-06)
"We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope," Obama said Friday at the final public tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson. "Each day we wake up to so...
🇺🇸 Watch: Clinton remembers Jesse Jackson as a friend, says he made him a better president (2026-03-06)
Former President Bill Clinton shared memories of him and the late Rev. Jesse Jackson during his eulogy for the civil rights icon. Clinton said Jackson...
🇺🇸 Clinton recalls his friendship with Rev. Jesse Jackson (2026-03-06)
Clinton recalls his friendship with Rev. Jesse Jackson...
🇺🇸 Biden honors Rev. Jesse Jackson at his funeral service (2026-03-06)
Biden honors Rev. Jesse Jackson at his funeral service...
🇺🇸 Obama slams Trump at Jesse Jackson funeral without naming him (2026-03-06)
Former President Barack Obama on Friday slammed the Trump administration without specifically naming it during a speech at the funeral for the Rev. Je...
🇺🇸 Obama speaks at Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral service (2026-03-06)
Obama speaks at Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral service...
🇺🇸 Watch: Biden remembers Jesse Jackson as "undeterred and unafraid" in eulogy at funeral (2026-03-06)
Former President Joe Biden remembered the late Rev. Jesse Jackson as "determined and tenacious" as well as an "undeterred and unafraid" leader. Biden ...
🇺🇸 Watch: Obama honors Rev. Jesse Jackson's life and impact at his funeral (2026-03-06)
Former President Barack Obama spoke at the funeral of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday. Obama remembered Jackson as a man with "immense ...
🇺🇸 Former President Barack Obama speaks during final public tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson (2026-03-06)
“He paved the road for so many others to follow,” Obama said of the civil rights legend....
🇺🇸 Former presidents set to speak during final public tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. (2026-03-06)
Three former Democratic presidents are set to speak at a Chicago church as mourners pay a final public tribute to the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr....
🇺🇸 Former US presidents attend Jesse Jackson memorial in Chicago (2026-03-06)
🇺🇸 Former presidents speak at funeral for Rev. Jesse Jackson (2026-03-06)
Watch live coverage as mourners gather in Chicago to celebrate the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Bi...
🇺🇸 Watch Live: Rev. Jesse Jackson funeral services at House of Hope (2026-03-06)
The People's Celebration, the public funeral service for Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., is being held at House of Hope on the far South Side of Chicago....
🇺🇸 How to watch Jesse Jackson funeral in Chicago (2026-03-06)
The funeral for the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is being held at the House of Hope in Chicago on Friday afternoon. The service at 752 ...
🇺🇸 Watch live: Jesse Jackson funeral in Chicago (2026-03-06)
The funeral for the late civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is being held in Chicago on Friday afternoon. Jackson, 84, died earlier this month after ba...
🇺🇸 WATCH LIVE: Rev. Jesse Jackson celebrated in memorial service with Obama, Biden and Clinton (2026-03-06)
Three former U.S. presidents, Grammy-winning artists, clergy and elected officials are expected to attend a Chicago celebration of life on Friday for ...
🇺🇸 Homegoing service will celebrate civil rights leader Jesse Jackson in Chicago (2026-03-06)
Chicago native Jennifer Hudson is among the singers performing at a memorial for the civil rights leader who died last month. Former presidents Bill C...
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson Chicago Funeral: Obama, Biden, Clinton to Attend (2026-03-06)
The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who died at 84....
🇬🇧 ‘He had a radiating aura’: Chicagoans say goodbye to hometown civil rights hero Jesse Jackson (2026-03-01)
Jackson’s body lay in repose at his Rainbow/Push Coalition headquarters as thousands visited to pay their respectsSome were older, some were...
🇺🇸 Chicagoans pay respects to Jesse Jackson as cross-country memorial services begin (2026-02-26)
Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to honor his long civil rights legacy begin in Chicago. Events will also take place in Washington, D....
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson Memorials Begin in Chicago (2026-02-26)
Mourners lined up outside Rainbow PUSH, the organization Mr. Jackson founded decades ago. He died last week at 84....
🇺🇸 Chicago honors Rev. Jesse Jackson with lineup of memorial events (2026-02-26)
🇺🇸 Body of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson is to lie in state in South Carolina (2026-02-23)
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be honored at the South Carolina capitol in the state where he was born and where his crusade career as a civil rights...
🇺🇸 Remembering The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American original (2026-02-22)
"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of the Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social justice activist, whose trailblazing presidential camp...
🇺🇸 Remembering The Rev. Jesse Jackson (2026-02-22)
Mark Whitaker looks back on the life of The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social justice activist, whose trailblaz...
🇬🇧 ‘A global hero’: Jesse’s Jackson’s legacy of activism around the world (2026-02-22)
From opposing apartheid in South Africa to supporting Palestinian rights, the US civil rights leader left his mark across the globeWhen <a h...
🇺🇸 House Speaker denies request for Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at Capitol (2026-02-21)
House Speaker Mike Johnson's office has denied a request to have the late Rev. Jesse Jackson lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda due to past prec...
🇺🇸 News Wrap: Ex-prince's former home searched a day after his arrest (2026-02-20)
In our news wrap Friday, police searched the former home of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor a day after his arrest related to his friendship with Jeffrey E...
🇺🇸 Trump celebrates Black History Month at the White House (2026-02-18)
President Trump celebrated Black History Month at the White House by recounting his work to lift minority communities and memorializing Jesse Jackson,...
🇺🇸 Jackson’s ‘Keep Hope Alive’ Speech in 1988 Was a Call for Social Justice and Unity (2026-02-18)
Though he didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president in either year, Jesse Jackson’s moving speeches at the conventions called on the party to...
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson's death "leaves a big, big hole in the world," social justice scholar says (2026-02-18)
Rev. Jesse Jackson's family announced Tuesday that the civil rights icon died peacefully at 84 years old. For more than six decades, Jackson spent his...
🇺🇸 How Jesse Jackson Took King’s Civil Rights Movement to Company Doorsteps (2026-02-18)
Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national movement for economic and soci...
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson’s Death Arrives at a Crucial Moment for Black Political Power (2026-02-17)
There are more Black senators than ever before, but a major Supreme Court ruling could reduce Black representation in the House....
🇺🇸 Andrew Young reflects on friendship and partnership with Jesse Jackson (2026-02-17)
Someone who stood alongside Jesse Jackson during some of the most consequential chapters of the modern Civil Rights Movement is Andrew Young. He's a f...
🇺🇸 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...
🇺🇸 Full interview: Civil rights icon Andrew Young remembers Jesse Jackson (2026-02-17)
Andrew Young, an early leader in the civil rights movement, speaks with Tony Dokoupil about the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson. Jackson died Tuesday...
🇺🇸 Barack and Michelle Obama remember Jesse Jackson (2026-02-17)
Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at 84, his family said. CBS News' Michael George and Aaron Navarro have more on his life and legacy ...
🇺🇸 Sen. Raphael Warnock lauds Jesse Jackson: "He gave me a glimpse of what's possible in America" (2026-02-17)
Rev. Jesse Jackson, an audacious force in American politics who paved the way for Barack Obama, died Tuesday, his family announced. Democratic Sen. Ra...
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson Changed Chicago. And It Changed Him. (2026-02-17)
Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in Chicago,” one longtime organize...
🇺🇸 How Jesse Jackson helped shape modern politics (2026-02-17)
Famed civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, died on Tuesday at the age of 84, his family said. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Ga...
🇺🇸 Bishop William Barber II remembers Jesse Jackson (2026-02-17)
Bishop William Barber II is the co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign and was a friend and mentee of Jesse Jackson. He joined CBS News to discuss Jac...
🇺🇸 Rev. Jesse Jackson: "Nothing to hold us back" | 60 Minutes Archive (2026-02-17)
In 1977, Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke to young Black students in Los Angeles, spreading a message of self-help and building their confidence. "Down with d...
🇺🇸 NAACP President Derrick Johnson remembers Jesse Jackson (2026-02-17)
NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson joined CBS News to share his thoughts on Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who died Tuesday morning at 84....
🇺🇸 Trump remembers Jesse Jackson, calls him a "good man" and a "force of nature" (2026-02-17)
President Trump posted on social media about civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson's death, calling him "a good man" and "a force of nature like few ...
🇺🇸 'He dared to keep hope alive.' Tributes pour in to honor the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson (2026-02-17)
Reaction is pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades....
🇺🇸 Death of Rev. Jesse Jackson prompts outpouring of tributes and praise (2026-02-17)
A flood of tributes poured in for Rev. Jesse Jackson after his family announced the death of the civil rights icon on Tuesday....
🇺🇸 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...
🇺🇸 Trump honors Jesse Jackson as "force of nature" (2026-02-17)
President Trump and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, knew each other for decades....
🇺🇸 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 ...
🇺🇸 Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at age 84 (2026-02-17)
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at age 84, his family has announced. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe looks back at Jackson's legacy....
🇺🇸 Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson (2026-02-17)
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....
🇺🇸 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...
🇺🇸 The Expanding Fallout From the Epstein Files, and Jesse Jackson Dies at 84 (2026-02-17)
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🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson: A Life in Pictures (2026-02-17)
The civil rights leader was one of the country’s most influential Black figures....
🇺🇸 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...
🇺🇸 Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, dies at 84 (2026-02-17)
Jesse Jackson participated in civil rights demonstrations alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 ...