Obit Jesse Jackson
FILE - The Rev. Jesse Jackson, top right, is consoled by Rev. Marvin Winans, as Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter Yolanda King, front from left, civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., wiping his tears, former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister Christine King Farris and Darryl R. Matthews, President of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Bill Walton, top left, take part in the ground breaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, Nov. 13, 2006 in Washington.
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Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to ‘keep hope alive’ in honor of his legacy. Jackson led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate died Tuesday morning at the age of 84. In the United States and abroad, he advocated for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care. He scored diplomatic victories with world leaders, and through his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, he channeled cries for Black pride and self-determination into corporate boardrooms, pressuring executives to make America a more open and equitable society.
