{
"$type": "site.standard.document",
"bskyPostRef": {
"cid": "bafyreign627aeqwqh2b532gncu3wx5oya33l2ivk6fwazymq53f55v5r6y",
"uri": "at://did:plc:sgbcix3wjir5gnkm6ybi24kf/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3s2jg3fug2"
},
"path": "/2026/02/17/repub/a-servant-leader-honored-the-nation-pays-tribute-to-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon/",
"publishedAt": "2026-02-17T23:29:34.000Z",
"site": "https://floridaphoenix.com",
"tags": [
"Civil Rights",
"Culture & Society",
"DC Bureau",
"Politics & Law",
"Barack Obama",
"Donald trump",
"Hakeem Jeffries",
"im Clyburn",
"JB Pritzker",
"Jesse Jackson",
"Joe Biden",
"Michelle Obama",
"Rainbow PUSH Coalition",
"Tim Scott"
],
"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"
}