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  "path": "/2026/02/17/repub/a-servant-leader-honored-the-nation-pays-tribute-to-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-18T00:05:47.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON — Tributes poured in across the country for the revered civil rights figure the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who died Tuesday morning at 84. The two-time Democratic presidential hopeful and Greenville, South Carolina, native died peacefully, surrounded by his kin, according to his family. Jackson, who was active in the civil rights movement […]",
  "title": "A ‘servant leader’ honored: The nation pays tribute to Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon"
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