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PBS Newshour

A look at Jesse Jackson's decades of civil rights advocacy

Season 2026 Episode 38 | 5m 46s

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Geoff Bennett reports on Jackson's legacy and his decades of activism.

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