Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Ran for President Twice, Dies at 84
Jesse Jackson at the 20th anniversary commemoration of the "March on Washington", on Aug. 27, 1983.
Source: Bettmann/Getty ImagesJesse Jackson, one of the most prominent US civil rights leaders of the 20th century who ran for the White House two decades before America elected its first Black president, has died. He was 84.
He died on Tuesday, surrounded by his family, according to a statement. He had disclosed in 2017 that he had Parkinson’s disease.