Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies
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Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition ran for president twice and inspired millions.
During his tenure as a civil rights icon, Jesse Jackson weighed in on several concerns in Volusia County, including voting and NASCAR diversity.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was known not just as a tireless advocate for the Civil Rights Movement but as one of its most dynamic orators.
He died peacefully on Tuesday morning surrounded by his family, they say in a statement.
An ordained Baptist minister, Rev. Jesse Jackson championed a campaign to unify faith groups around common social ills, Black faith leaders say.
Jesse Jackson, whose death at age 84 was announced on Tuesday, and former President Donald Trump shared a long, if unusual, public history. Jackson praised Trump in the 1990s for supporting minority entrepreneurs,