Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Leader Who Sought the Presidency, Dies at 84
Source: NYT > U.S. > Politics · Bias: Center Left
Summary
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.”
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