Charismatic US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the presidential...

Tributes have been paid to the late Jesse Jackson, a civil rights activist and one of the US's most influential black voices, who died this morning aged 84.

President Tinubu described Mr Jackson as a servant-leader who captured global imagination as a young activist alongside civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Global figures, including former presidents and activists, share reactions to the passing of influential US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades, has died. He was 84.

In a condolence message issued on Tuesday, Tinubu described Jackson as a servant-leader who captured global imagination as a young activist alongside civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr.

A civil rights leader since the 1960s, Jesse Jackson was the most prominent black person to run for the US presidency until Barack Obama took the office in 2009.

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr has died at age 84.

Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, has died at age 84, his family said in a statement on Tuesday. "Our father was…

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an influential black figure and former presidential hopeful, has died at the age of 84. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a towering figure in American civil rights politics, two-time presidential candidate, and longtime advocate for racial and economic justice, has died at the age of 84. His daughter, Santita Jackson, confirmed that Jackson died at home, surrounded by family. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson rose […]

Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in Chicago,” one longtime organizer said.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a longtime US civil rights leader, two-time presidential candidate and African American icon died on Tuesday aged 84, his family said.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has died. He was 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King was assassinated in 1968.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the American civil rights movement who evolved from a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. into a two-time presidential candidate and a global mediator, has died at the age of 84.

In 1988, the power brokers of the Democratic Party watched a Chicago civil rights leader, a maverick with a movement he called a "Rainbow Coalition," start to threaten the presidential candidacy of Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. They'd expected him to do well with Black voters, but not to win easily the state of Michigan or make major inroads within Americans of all stripes.

Monrovia – The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a towering force in the American civil rights movement who rose from close ally of Martin Luther King Jr. to become a two-time U.S. presidential candidate and international mediator, has died at the age of 84. His family announced his passing Tuesday, ho