Rev. Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)

[clifford_thornton]

RIP. I was a little young to grasp the nuances of his message(s) at the time but do remember his oration on the campaign trail in 1992.

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/17/963124454/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-leader-rainbow-coalition-dies

[HutchFan]

R.I.P.

[jazzbo]

Sad news. But a relief I am sure to those who loved hm and cared for him. It's so sad to see someone you love reduced that sort of existence. I wish I didn't know that.

[mhatta]

RIP.  This was recorded in 1972.

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[mjazzg]

 

Universal message. RIP

Edited February 17 by mjazzg

[gvopedz]

The Wattstax version:

 

[Rabshakeh]

Very sad end, and feels like the closing of an era. RIP. 

[JSngry]

Truly a flawed hero, but embracing one does not deny the other.

Indeed, he was somebody. We all are, none more or less than anybody else.

[Jason Bivins]

My first primary vote ever, in 1988. Still have the button I picked up from his campaign.

[clifford_thornton]

2 hours ago, jazzbo said:

Sad news. But a relief I am sure to those who loved hm and cared for him. It's so sad to see someone you love reduced that sort of existence. I wish I didn't know that.

yeah, a family friend died from this a few years ago. It was pretty bad.

[ghost of miles]

1 hour ago, Jason Bivins said:

My first primary vote ever, in 1988. Still have the button I picked up from his campaign.

I voted for him in that year's primary as well!

[ejp626]

8 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

I voted for him in that year's primary as well!

Me three.  I believe in Michigan (and perhaps other states) you could vote in the primary (at 17) if you would be 18 by the time of the general election.  I may be misremembering of course, but I do remember that Jesse did particularly well in Michigan, winning the caucus!  Now what I am having trouble tracking down is whether Michigan had a primary and a caucus even back in 1988, but I think it must have, as I voted for Jackson at a poll location and it wasn't anything like the crowded rooms of a caucus.  I wouldn't have any idea how to participate in a caucus back then and certainly wouldn't have had the time.  (Or maybe it was enacted just like a standard primary but they called it a caucus?  That might be the most likely...)

Years later, I actually saw him and David Dinkins and Mario Cuomo at a big march on Washington (Save Our Cities march, probably in 1993).

RIP.

Edited February 18 by ejp626