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Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.”

© Keith C. Meyers/The New York Times

The Rev. Jesse Jackson acknowledged the applause of delegates at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.
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