02/17/2026
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We mourn the passing of Jesse Jackson, a relentless champion for justice whose voice and vision helped shape the modern civil rights movement.
For more than six decades, Rev. Jackson stood at the center of the struggle for civil rights, economic justice, voting rights, peace, and human dignity. As a teenage protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he bore witness to history at its most triumphant and its most tragic, including the assassination of Dr. King in 1968.
In the aftermath of that unspeakable loss, when many wondered whether the movement could endure, Jesse Jackson’s voice thundered forth—undaunted, unapologetic, and unwavering—carrying the clarion call for justice into a new generation.
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. was more than a civil rights leader. He was a mentor, a movement builder, a coalition maker, and a moral compass for our nation. His legacy lives on in the millions he inspired, the institutions he built, and the doors he helped open for generations to come.
May his legacy serve as a reminder to recommit ourselves to the unfinished work he so powerfully advanced.
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