Online Reporter
US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson died “peacefully” on Tuesday morning aged 84, his family has confirmed.
He was a huge figure in the civil rights movement and later US politics, campaigning twice for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Jackson built a career around working to politically organise and improve the lives of African-Americans, and became a national force during his two White House campaigns, our North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher writes.
Tributes have been shared around the world since the announcement of his death, including from Martin Luther King Jr’s daughter Bernice King, and mayor of New York City Zohran Mamdani.
– BBC
