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Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84
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Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84. He died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family, they said in a stat... [6273 chars]

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