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  "publishedAt": "2026-02-17T14:22:45.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThe Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday morning after being hospitalized for some time. He was 84.\n\nHe died with his family at his side, a statement from the family said.\n\n\"Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,\" the family said. \"We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.\"\n\n> See on Instagram\n\nHe is survived by his wife Jacqueline, children, and grandchildren.\n\nJackson rose from being an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. to being one of the most celebrated civil rights leaders in the U.S. and shifted the Democratic Party to embrace a multicultural approach to politics. Jackson was the first presidential candidate to support LGBTQ+ rights in their platform.\n\nHe founded the Rainbow Coalition, which brought together activists supporting civil rights for all. The civil rights leader once said, “Marriage is based on love and commitment – not on sexual orientation. I support the right for any person to marry the person of their choosing.”\n\nInformation about his funeral will be available soon.\n\n\"The fight for justice requires courage, hope, and a relentlessness that will not be denied. Reverend Jesse Jackson embodied that fight every day,” said Kelley Robinson, president of the Human Rights Campaign, in a statement. “From disrupting political systems and building people power to helping this country imagine a freer future for all of us, Rev. Jackson was a force. His historic presidential campaigns paved the way for generations of Black leaders to imagine ourselves in rooms we were once told were closed to us. Reverend Jackson also stood up when it mattered; when it wasn’t easy and when it wasn’t popular. His support for marriage equality and for LGBTQ+ people affirmed a simple, powerful truth: our liberation is bound together.\n\n___This story is developing..._",
  "title": "Rev. Jesse Jackson, trailblazing civil rights icon and LGBTQ+ rights ally, dead at 84"
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