Entries tagged with “Jesse Jackson”
Feb 20, 2026
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader and Legal Lynching Author, Dies at 84
Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., a Baptist minister, two-time presidential candidate, and outspoken critic of the death penalty, died on February 17, 2026, at age 84. His family announced that he died peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones. Rev. Jackson had been living with Parkinson’s disease since his diagnosis in 2015. Rev. Jackson brought sustained public attention to the death penalty across several decades, arguing its use was inseparable from questions of…