LOS ANGELES — Local leaders are remembering the Rev. Jesse Jackson Tuesday after the civil rights giant and a two-time presidential candidate died at the age of 84.
Jackson’s family said he died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family. He had been in declining health for several years.
“His unwavering commitment to justice, equality, and human rights helped shape a global movement for freedom and dignity,” they said in a statement. “A tireless change agent, he elevated the voices of the voiceless from his presidential campaigns in the 1980s to mobilizing millions to register to vote — leaving an indelible mark on history.”
FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures to a friend in the balcony at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15, 2013. The church held a ceremony honoring the memory of the four young girls who were killed by a bomb placed outside the church 50 years ago by members of the Ku Klux Klan. At right is U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) FILE – The Rev. Jesse Jackson, top right, is consoled by Rev. Marvin Winans, as Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter Yolanda King, front from left, civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., wiping his tears, former Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, Martin Luther King Jr.’s sister Christine King Farris and Darryl R. Matthews, President of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Bill Walton, top left, take part in the ground breaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, Nov. 13, 2006 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) FILE – President Barack Obama talks with Rev. Jesse Jackson following his farewell address at McCormick Place in Chicago, Jan. 10, 2017. On the left is Jackson’s son Jonathan Jackson. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File) FILE – Jesse Jackson speaks during a press conference regarding Little League International’s decision to strip Chicago’s Jackie Roberson West baseball team of it’s national championship, in Chicago, Feb. 12, 2015. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File) FILE – From left, Vice President Joe Biden, Rev. Jesse Jackson, first lady Michelle Obama, and President Barack Obama gather after services honoring the life of Reverend Clementa Pinckney at the College of Charleston TD Arena in Charleston, S.C., on June 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, talks with singer and civil right rights activist Harry Belafonte after a news conference announcing the installation of a Nelson Mandela plaque in Yankee Stadium’s Monument Park in New York, April 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) FILE – Jesse Jackson joins the crowd before the start of the world welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas on May 2, 2015. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken, File) FILE – Former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, walks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson after their meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 26, 2005. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File) FILE – Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, stands with Hosea Williams, left, Jesse Jackson, second from left, and Ralph Abernathy, right, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place, April 3, 1968. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly, File) FILE – President Jimmy Carter speaks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the White House in Washington, April 4, 1979. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File) FILE – Democratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson with his wife, Jacqueline, salutes the cheering crowd at Operation Push in Chicago, March 10, 1988. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File) FILE – President Ronald Reagan, left, and Democratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson, right, gesture on Jan. 4, 1984, after a White House Rose Garden ceremony honoring Navy Lt. Robert O. Goodman. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File) FILE – Bobby Seale, left, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson talk at the National Black Political Convention in Gary, Ind., March 12, 1972. (AP Photo, File) FILE – Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., right, and his aide Rev. Jesse Jackson are seen in Chicago, Aug. 19, 1966. (AP Photo/Larry Stoddard, File) FILE – Jesse Jackson, with his wife Jacqueline, concedes defeat in the Illinois Democratic primary on March 16, 1988, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Lisa Genesen, File) FILE – Democratic Presidential candidates Jesse Jackson and his wife Jackie hold their hands aloft during a rally at Chicago’s Arie Crown theatre, March 13, 1988. (AP Photo/Lisa Genesen, File) FILE – Civil rights figures lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the recreation of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Selma, Ala., on March 4, 1990. From left are Hosea Williams, Georgia Congressman John Lewis, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Evelyn Lowery, SCLC President Joseph Lowery and Coretta Scott King. (AP Photo/Jamie Sturtevant, File) FILE – Former President Bill Clinton and his wife, U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, greet Jesse Jackson before a public memorial service, Oct. 29, 2002, in Minneapolis for U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, his wife, daughter and three staff members who died in a plane crash. (AP Photo/Stacy Wescott, Pool, File) FILE – President George W. Bush speaks with Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, after signing a bill in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Dec. 1, 2005, authorizing a statue of civil rights leader Rosa Parks be placed in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to reporters at the Operation PUSH Soul Picnic in New York on March 26, 1972. With him are Tom Todd, vice president of PUSH, from second left, Aretha Franklin and Louis Stokes. (AP Photo/Jim Wells, File) Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, right, and an unidentified man, left, with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, steady Jackson as they listen to Karen Clark Sheard sing at the inauguration of Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson Monday, May 15, 2023, in Chicago.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, listens as President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the economy, Wednesday, June 28, 2023, at the Old Post Office in Chicago. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson leaves his hotel in New York, Monday, Jan. 12, 2009. Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, his son’s congressional office said Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, founder and President of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, is joined by baseball great Hank Aaron, left, at a meeting of Operation PUSH at the Sheraton in Rosemont, Ill., Monday, June 29, 1987. Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, his son’s congressional office said Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Elias, File) FILE – Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, president of Operation: PUSH, announced the agreement with Avon Products on a $59 million “mutual cooperation pact” to foster increased economic opportunities for black and other nonwhite groups at a news conference, in New York, July 11, 1973. Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, his son’s congressional office said Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/File) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson addresses supporters in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 3, 1983, after he announced he would seek the Democratic presidential nomination. Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, his son’s congressional office said Friday, July 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz, File) Rev. Jesse Jackson announces that he is stepping down as the president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) Elizabeth Thebe-Choonara, left, of Johannesburg, South Africa, takes a selfie with The Rev. Jesse Jackson before Jackson announced that he is stepping down as the president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to supporters after formally announcing his intention to seek the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 1983. Behind Jackson are, from left: Rep Katie Hall, D-Ind., Jackson’s son Jesse Jackson Jr., and Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, second from right. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart) Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, right, and Rev. Jesse Jackson hug each other after Jackson announced that he will seek the 1984 Democratic nomination for president in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 1984. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart) Jesse Jackson, center, with his campaign chairman, Mayor Richard Hatcher, left, of Gary Ind., and Mayor Marion Barry of Washington, D.C., hold up their hands after Jackson announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for president, in Washington, Nov. 3, 1983. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart) The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to supporters after formally announcing his intention to seek the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination, in Washington, Nov. 3, 1983. Behind Jackson are, from left: Rep Katie Hall, D-Ind., Jackson’s son Jesse Jackson Jr., and Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, second from right. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart) The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, smiling, is surrounded by guests, reporters and photographers in the White House Rose Garden where President Ronald Reagan signed a bill declaring a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the slain civil rights leader, Nov.2, 1983. Jackson is expected to announce his candidacy from the Democratic nomination for president. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) The Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to attendees at the inaugural Sunday Dinner event, hosted by the South Carolina Democratic Party’s Black Caucus, March 27, 2022, in Columbia, S.C. A Dallas pastor will become head of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 stepping into the role that has been held by Rev. Jackson, who founded the Chicago-based civil rights group. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File) The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, left, greets the Rev. Jesse Jackson before speaking in Dallas, late Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. The civil rights group founded by Jackson in the 1970s is elevating a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years, choosing Haynes as his successor to take over the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. (AP Photo/LM Otero) World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, left, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of the People United to Save Humanity, walk toward automobiles as they leave the Nation of Islam Temple No. 2 on Chicago’s south side, Feb. 28, 1975, in Chicago, Ill. They were present for the funeral of Elijah Muhammad, Black Muslim leader who died Tuesday, Feb. 25. (AP Photo/Charles E. Knoblock) Rev. Jesse Jackson answers questions at Abdine Palace in Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 1, 1979. (AP Photo/Bill Foley) American civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson presents Egyptian President Anwar Sadat with a book by Martin Luther King Jr., Oct. 1, 1979. Sadat and Jackson met Monday afternoon at Abdine Palace in Cairo. At right, is Jackson’s wife Jacqueline Jackson. (AP Photo/Bill Foley) American civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson answers reporters’ questions during a press conference upon his arrival at the Cairo airport, Sunday afternoon, Sept. 30, 1979. Jackson is in Cairo to meet with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. (AP Photo/Bill Foley) Egyptian President Anwar Sadat talks with American civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson during a surprise meeting in Cairo, Oct. 2, 1979. Meeting at the Egyptian leader’s Nile-side home, Sadat gave Jackson a special message to carry to PLO chief Yasser Arafat calling for an end to the war of terror with Israel. (AP Photo/Bill Foley) Democratic presidential contender Jesse Jackson beams as he introduces Gerald Austin, left, as his new national campaign chairman, Nov. 13, 1987 in Chicago. Austin, an Ohioan with no significant national experience, will direct day-to-day operations from Jackson’s Chicago headquarters. (AP Photo/Charlie Bennett) Jesse Jackson, who was among five persons arrested in a rock throwing confrontation between blacks and police on the University of Illinois Circle campus in Chicago, Sept. 8, 1969, uses a police microphone in an attempt to quiet demonstrators. Jackson and the four others were arrested when they refused to lead a group of about 600 demonstrators away from a construction site on the Circle campus. They had gone there to press their demands for jobs for blacks at Chicago construction sites. (AP Photo/JR) Vice President Kamala Harris, left, greets Rev. Jesse Jackson before she delivers a eulogy for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Houston. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Al Sharpton, left, talks to Rev. Jesse Jackson during the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Al Sharpton, left, talks to Rev. Jesse Jackson gesture during the Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Jesse Jackson arrives at the offices of baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth, May 9, 1987, in New York, for his monthly check up on baseball’s progress hiring minorities. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani) FILE – Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner, right, gives his support to the candidacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson in front of the Hartford city hall on March 26, 1984. (AP Photo/Don Heiny, File) FILE – The Rev. Jesse Jackson listens to speakers at the Tabernacle Baptist Church during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File) FILE – U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and NAACP President Derrick Johnson march across the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, March 9, 2025, in Selma, Ala. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson answers questions at a rally, April 19, 2021, in Minneapolis, as the murder trial against the former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd advances to jury deliberations. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, waves to supporters as he is introduced during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 19, 2024, in Chicago. With him on stage are Al Sharpton, Jonathan Jackson and Yusef DuBois Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) FILE – Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, right, and Rev. Jesse Jackson talk to the international media during a joint news conference, following the end of their marathon meeting at Havana’s National Palace, June 27, 1984, when it was announced that 22 Americans would be freed from Cuban jails. Others are unidentified. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson raises a clenched fist from a police van after he and 11 others from Operation Breadbasket were arrested during a sit-in at the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., offices in New York, Feb. 2, 1971. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, file) FILE – The Rev. Jesse Jackson waits while son Jesse Jackson Jr., introduces him to delegates at the United Center Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1996, in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, File) FILE – Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, left, walks with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the opening ceremony of the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, Aug. 31, 2001. (AP Photo/Jose Goitia, File) FILE – Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson sits atop a horse while visiting the protest camp against the Dakota Access oil pipeline outside Cannon Ball, N.D, Oct. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/James MacPherson, File) FILE – Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson gives his wife Jacqueline a warm embrace as he takes time out from his political stumping in Los Angeles, May 18, 1984. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File) FILE – Coretta Scott King holds hands while singing with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Christine Farris, the sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as they parade on Peachtree Street in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 19, 1987 to honor King’s birthday. At left in Mrs. Alveda king Beall and at right is Lupita Aquino Kashiwahara. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly, File) FILE – Republican presidential nominee Gov. Ronald Reagan talks with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, director of Operation Push, outside the organization’s headquarters in Chicago, Aug. 5,1980. Nancy Reagan is at right. Reagan met with Jackson for an hour then departed for Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File) FILE – Jesse Jackson is joined by his daughter, Santita, and son Jonathan, far right, and unidentified youngster at the Los Angeles Hilton Hotel, June 8, 1988 after falling in defeat to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis in the California Democratic primary. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File) ARCHIVO – El reverendo Jesse Jackson saluda mientras sube al estrado en el tercer día de la convención Nacional Demócrata en Filadelfia, el 27 de julio de 2016. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite) FILE- In this Feb. 5, 2008 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson holds a campaign sign for Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) The Rev. Jesse Jackson joins dozens of marchers, including Butch Wing, right, and Joan Juster, left, as they make their way across the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, on Dec. 12, 2005, to appeal to California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to grant a reprieve or to grant clemency to Stanley “Tookie” Williams. (Frederic Larson/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) The Rev. Jesse Jackson, center, hugs LaVaughn King and her son Noah King III at Third Baptist Church in San Francisco, April 24, 2007. (Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Jesse Jackson campaign along Third St. and in the Hunters Point neighborhood, during an S.F. campaign stop in his bid to be the Democratic nominee for president in San Francisco, May 31, 1984. (Eric Luse/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) Jesse Jackson campaign along Third St. and in the Hunters Point neighborhood, during an S.F. campaign stop in his bid to be the Democratic nominee for president in San Francisco, May 31, 1984. (Eric Luse/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson comforts former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, right, during the ground breaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, Nov. 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File) Show Caption1 of 68FILE – Rev. Jesse Jackson gestures to a friend in the balcony at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 15, 2013. The church held a ceremony honoring the memory of the four young girls who were killed by a bomb placed outside the church 50 years ago by members of the Ku Klux Klan. At right is U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) ExpandALSO SEE: There was ‘a bridge called Jesse Jackson’ across decades of civil rights advocacy
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a statement Tuesday mourning the death of Jackson.
“I grew up watching Reverend Jesse Jackson lead a national movement that fought for justice for poor and working people. I am deeply saddened by his passing, but profoundly grateful for the example he set and the generation of leaders he inspired,” Bass said.
“Rev. Jackson was a civil rights hero and a tireless advocate for those too often overlooked. He was an icon who helped elect countless Black leaders, and his historic, groundbreaking presidential campaigns paved the way for the eventual election of President Barack Obama. Jesse was also a friend, and I had the honor of working with him on a wide range of issues throughout my career.”
“He leaves a lasting legacy of hope and it is now up to us to Keep Hope Alive!” she added.
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Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn also paid tribute to Jackson.
“Reverend Jesse Jackson was a giant of the civil rights movement who not only demanded change — he built the political power to pursue it,” Hahn said in a statement.
“During the 1988 presidential campaign, several candidates sought my father Kenny Hahn’s endorsement, but he proudly chose Reverend Jackson because he believed deeply in his vision of an America rooted in justice, dignity, and opportunity. Reverend Jackson may not have won, but his campaigns changed what millions of Americans believed was possible.”
Hahn continued, “Decades later, I had the honor of joining him and other leaders on a Civil Rights Pilgrimage to Alabama, where I brought my granddaughter, McKenna, and we walked across the Edmund Pettis Bridge together. It was a powerful reminder that his life’s work connected generations and continued to move our country forward. I will always be grateful for the example he set, and my heart is with his family and loved ones.”
The Los Angeles Urban League remembered Jackson as a transformative civil rights leader.
“Rev. Jesse Jackson was more than a leader — he was a moral force,” Cynthia Mitchell-Heard, president and CEO of the Los Angeles Urban League, said in a statement.
“He challenged America to live up to its highest ideals and demanded that opportunity, dignity, and economic justice be extended to all people. His iconic voice moved generations, and his courage reshaped the national conscience.”
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who is running for governor, offered personal remembrances on social media.
“As a young organizer, the first presidential candidate I ever campaigned for was Jesse Jackson, whose courage and moral clarity inspired a generation to believe that our democracy could be more inclusive and more just,” Villaraigosa posted on X. “Reverend Jackson gave voice to the hopes of those too often left out, and he challenged America to live up to its highest ideals. I will always be grateful for the example he set for me and so many others who chose a life of public service because we believed, as he did, in the power of coalition and conscience.”
Los Angeles civil rights activist Najee Ali, leader of Project Islamic Hope, called Jackson his mentor and longtime friend.
“Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. did not just witness history — he forced this nation to confront its conscience,” Ali said. “For more than 60 years, he stood on the front lines of the struggle for justice, demanding accountability, equity, and dignity for Black people, the poor, and the oppressed.
“He challenged presidents, corporations, and systems built on inequality. He organized where others hesitated. He spoke when silence was easier. His life was a constant reminder that justice is never given — it is fought for.
“The greatest way to honor Rev. Jackson is not with praise alone, but with action. We must continue the work, confront injustice wherever it lives, and refuse to accept a nation that falls short of its promise.
“We extend our deepest condolences to his family and to all who carry his mission forward. Rest in power. We will continue the fight.”
Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson said Jackson was a major contributor to civil rights in Los Angeles.
“Jesse Jackson led many battles against police abuse and job and housing discrimination in L.A. in years past,” Hutchinson said Tuesday. “He worked closely on these issues with Los Angeles civil rights organizations and city officials. He will remain a major contributor to L.A.’s civil rights legacy.”
Former Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, a Brentwood resident, released the following statement Tuesday:
“Reverend Jesse Jackson was one of America’s greatest patriots. He spent his life summoning all of us to fulfill the promise of America and building the coalitions to make that promise real. … His presidential runs in 1984 and 1988 electrified millions of Americans and showed them what could be possible. From Washington, DC to the Bay Area, from the Mississippi Delta to Appalachia, from South Africa to the South Side of Chicago, Reverend Jackson gave a voice to people who were removed from power and politics. He let us know our voices mattered. He instilled in us that we were somebody. And he widened the path for generations to follow in his footsteps and lead.
“As a young law student, I would drive back and forth from Oakland, where I lived, to San Francisco, where I went to school. I had a bumper sticker in the back window of my car that read: ‘Jesse Jackson for President.’ As I would drive across the Bay Bridge, you would not believe how people from every walk of life would give me a thumbs up or honk of support. They were small interactions, but they exemplified Reverend Jackson’s life work — lifting up the dignity of working people, building community and coalitions, and strengthening our democracy and nation,” Harris continued.
“I was proud to partner with and learn from him on this work throughout my career, and I am so grateful for the time we spent together this January. Reverend Jackson was a selfless leader, mentor, and friend to me and so many others.
“Doug and I are praying for Jacqueline, their children and grandchildren, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and the millions of people across our country and around the world whose lives he impacted. Today and every day, we will carry forward his call to ‘Keep hope alive.’”
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Jackson’s health had sharply declined in recent weeks. He announced in 2017 that he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and was recently diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurodegenerative condition similar to Parkinson’s. Reports emerged in November 2025 that Jackson was placed on life support.
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