Jesse Jackson: Civil rights icon who built on mentor Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and inspired a generation

OBITUARY: The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the American civil rights movement, has passed away at the age of ...
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Jesse Jackson, leader of Civil Rights Movement for decades after Martin Luther King Jr., has died

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Jesse Jackson was with Martin Luther King Jr. during Memphis assassination. Their shared path and legacy

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Built a Movement with Quiet Moral Power. Here’s How It Changed History.

When Was Martin Luther King Jr. Born? Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929, in Atlanta. Originally, his name was Michael Luther King Jr. after his father. Michael Sr. eventually adopted ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King ...
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Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization

Crowds of mourners lined up in Chicago as cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. began Thursday in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Jesse Jackson Witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination. Here’s How He Carried the Torch for the Civil Rights Movement Into the Future

Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson remembers witnessing the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on 50th anniversary

In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. CBS News Chicago spoke with him 50 years later about his memories ...