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Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Activist and Baptist Minister, Dies at 84

February 17, 2026

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, has died. He was 84.

The Baptist minister died on Tuesday, Feb. 17, his family announced in a statement on Instagram, sharing that he died “peacefully” and “surrounded by his family.”

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