Jesse Jackson, twice a candidate for president, dies at age 84

Activist Jesse Jackson, who twice was a candidate to be president of the United States, has died at age 84, his family confirmed.

Described as a “civil rights icon” by the Daily Mail, he was acknowledged by Al Sharpton, another civil rights activist, as “not simply a civil rights leader; he was a movement unto himself. He carried history in his footsteps and hope in his voice.”

His family said, “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless...