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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T12:30:33.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Black Protestants",
    "Christianity",
    "Faiths",
    "Home Top Story",
    "Leaders & Institutions",
    "News",
    "Politics",
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  "textContent": "‘I don’t think Jesse Jackson saw his political life as something different from his call from God as a preacher,’ said the Rev. Valerie Bridgeman.",
  "title": "‘I am somebody!’: Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for presidency, dies at 84"
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