Jesse Jackson’s cause of death updates: How did the civil rights activist die?

The late reverend and civil rights icon died at the age of 84. Here's what we know about his final months.

Barack Obama credits Jesse Jackson with inspring change: "We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope"

Former President Barack Obama, speaking at the funeral services for Rev. Jesse Jackson​ Friday afternoon, credited Jackson's presidential runs in the 1980s with setting the stage for other Black leaders,
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Rev. Jesse Jackson to be laid to rest at Oak Woods Cemetery, ‘part of the city’s unrivaled historic fabric’

The 173-year-old cemetery — solemn, historic and picturesque — will be the final resting place of the Rev. Jesse Jackson this week.