Trailblazing civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson has died after a lengthy stay in the hospital. The LGBTQ rights ally was 84. No cause of death has been made public at this writing.
From The Advocate:
Jackson rose from being an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. to being one of the most celebrated civil rights leaders in the U.S. and shifted the Democratic Party to embrace a multicultural approach to politics.
Jackson was the first presidential candidate to support LGBTQ+ rights in their platform. He founded the Rainbow Coalition, which brought together activists supporting civil rights for all.
The civil rights leader once said, “Marriage is based on love and commitment – not on sexual orientation. I support the right for any person to marry the person of their choosing.”
Read more at NBC News.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, longtime civil rights activist, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, has died at age 84, his family said.
A cause of death was not immediately given, but his family says he died peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones.
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Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama issued this statement on Jackson’s passing.
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