Civil Rights Leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies at 84 – World News
By Karen Beishuizen
The Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday, 17 February. He was 84.
He was a longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate in 1984 and 1988.
He was born in Greenville, South Carolina, and rose to prominence in the civil rights era, participating in demonstrations alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr..
He was at the motel in Memphis, Tennessee, with Dr. King when he was assassinated in 1968.
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