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Civil Rights Leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Dies at 84

The family reports a peaceful passing with Chicago observances forthcoming.

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FILE - Rev. Jesse Jackson waves as he steps to the podium during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, stands with Hosea Williams, left, Jesse Jackson, second from left, and Ralph Abernathy, right, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place, April 3, 1968. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly, File)

Overview

  • He died Tuesday morning surrounded by family, and no cause of death has been disclosed.
  • He had long faced neurodegenerative illness, publicly announcing Parkinson’s in 2017 with later reports of progressive supranuclear palsy.
  • A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., he founded Operation PUSH and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, ran for president in 1984 and 1988, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
  • Political leaders issued tributes, and officials in Chicago and across Illinois ordered flags lowered to half-staff.
  • The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition said funeral and public-observance details in Chicago will be announced in the coming days.