Brett Fauntroy

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, is pictured here in a professional headshot.

Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at 84

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate who helped shape political power, has died at 84. Jackson revealed in 2017 that he had Parkinson’s disease. In 2025, he developed progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disorder. From Greenville to the national stage Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina. He…

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