US EditionTrump Hurls Insults About Obama, Democrats in Statement on Death of Rev. Jesse Jackson
Jackson's global civil rights impact included anti-apartheid efforts and two presidential campaigns, while Trump criticized former President Obama in his condolence statement.
- The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, and his Rainbow PUSH Coalition said he was hospitalized in November for progressive supranuclear palsy.
- Jackson's decades of activism inspired millions and supported South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle, while as a two-time Democratic presidential candidate, he helped lay groundwork for Barack Obama's election.
- In Rochester, Jackson addressed a 3,000 to 4,000 crowd at Mayo Civic Center and said `we must be candles of hope in dark places,' Jackson said.
- Parliament's Presiding Officers, South Africa, extended sympathies and praised Jackson's anti-apartheid support, while President Donald Trump issued a statement Tuesday on Truth Social including insults toward Barack Obama and Democrats.
- Beyond speeches, Jackson was in King's inner circle and witnessed King's April 4, 1968, assassination; he championed national health care over post-9/11 war spending.
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UNCF Honors the Life and Legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson
Washington, DC, Feb. 18, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UNCF joins the nation and the world in mourning the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a moral force whose life’s work focused on expanding opportunity and challenging America to be better.
Trump hurls insults about Obama, Democrats in statement on death of Rev. Jesse Jackson
President Donald Trump issued a statement Tuesday on the death of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson that included insults directed at former President Barack Obama and Democrats in general.
What Jesse Jackson taught Democrats
Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989, in Cheyenne, Wyoming. | Mark Junge/Getty Images Rev. Jesse Jackson — a titanic civil rights leader, politician, and activist — died on Tuesday at the age of 84. Over the course of a career that spanned decades, Jackson twice ran for president, in 1984 and 1988, though he later stepped back from electoral politics. To get a better sense of Jacks…
South Africa: Statement of Condolences By the Presiding Officers of Parliament On the Passing of Rev Jesse Jackson
Press Release - Parliament's Presiding Officers express their heartfelt condolences on the passing of Rev Jesse Jackson, a distinguished civil rights leader, global advocate for justice, and a steadfast voice for equality and human dignity.
Local reaction to death of Rev. Jesse Jackson
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. His family shared the news of his death in a statement. He was best known for his activism, working alongside Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Many in Hampton Roads are reacting to Jackson's death. [...]
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