From opposing apartheid in South Africa to supporting Palestinian rights, the US civil rights leader left his mark across the globe
When Jesse Jackson called for the Democratic party platform to inclu…
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Checks and Balance newsletter: Jesse Jackson and the great racial backlash ⊕
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a story from The Economist ✅ › United States
Daniel Knowles, our Midwest correspondent, on why the civil-rights fight feels newly urgent
How Jesse Jackson’s ‘radically inclusive’ vision shaped the Democratic party we know today ⊕⊕
The civil rights trailblazer imagined a future for America in which the marginalized became the center of US politics
Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil- and human-rights trailblazer who died on 17 Feb…
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Jesse Jackson’s political legacy in the Trump era – podcast ⊕
On Tuesday, we learned that the US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson had died at the age of 84. Tributes flooded in from political figures across the aisle for the Baptist minister who twice ran for …
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‘I am somebody’: the cultural magnitude of Jesse Jackson’s Sesame Street episode ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
His 1972 appearance showed Americans what a beloved community could look like, integrated and full of promise
In a 1972 episode of Sesame Street, Jesse Jackson, then 31, is standing against a stoop on…
Jesse Jackson was the living bridge between King and Obama ⊕
Jackson’s two presidential runs brought the civil rights movement into the heart of the Democratic party and opened doors for others to walk through
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'He did it for us': US soldier recalls Jesse Jackson's efforts to free him and two other POWs ⊕
In 1999, Jesse Jackson flew to Yugoslavia to help free three US soldiers captured during the Kosovo War.
How Jesse Jackson helped empower US Arabs and lift up the Palestinian cause ○
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Arab American advocates eulogise Jackson as a civil rights giant who embraced their communities and defended Palestine.
Tributes pour in after US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dies at 84 ⊕
World leaders shared memories of Jackson, a leader of the US civil rights movement who passed away on Tuesday.
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‘One of America’s greatest patriots’: US political leaders pay tribute to Jesse Jackson ⊕
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Al Sharpton, Donald Trump and more react to death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84
Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84
Jesse Jackson – a life in picture…