
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84
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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at 84
Veteran US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the nation's most influential black voices, died peacefully Tuesday morning at the age of 84, his family said. Jackson, a Baptist minister, had been a civil rights leader since the 1960s, when he marched with Martin Luther King Jr and helped fundraise for the cause. "Our father was a servant leader – not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world," Jackson's family said. "His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honour his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by."
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