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Looking back on the legacy Jesse Jackson leaves behind

Jesse Jackson, one of America’s most influential civil rights figures after the death of Martin...

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18.46 17 Feb 2026


Looking back on the legacy Jesse Jackson leaves behind


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18.46 17 Feb 2026


Jesse Jackson, one of America’s most influential civil rights figures after the death of Martin Luther King Jr, has died at the age of eighty four. Mr Jackson was present on the day King was assassinated and also fought for the Democratic nomination for president twice, in 1984 and 1988.

Larry Donnelly, Law Lecturer, University of Galway and Columnist with the Journal joins Ciara to look back on his life…

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