The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s impassioned oratory and populist vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him one of the most influential Black figures in the U.S. Here’s a look at his most powerful speeches. https://nyti.ms/4rrNo5k | The New York Times

Here's a look back at the key speeches of Jesse Jackson, a charismatic US civil rights leader known for personal diplomacy, who died at age 84 https://reut.rs/3OdCC45 | Reuters

HAPPENING NOW: The family of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson hold a news conference in Chicago after he died on Tuesday morning at the age of 84, according to his family. https://abcnews.com/Politics/rev-jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon-dies-aged/story?id=130225140 | ABC News

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the pioneering civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, has died at 84, his family said, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped US politics and expanded the modern movement for racial justice. Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4qH8paX | CNN

In the 1970s, Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson delivered his powerful “I Am Somebody” speech, turning a simple affirmation into a rallying cry for dignity and economic justice. The speech emphasized self-worth, repeating the phrase “I am somebody” to affirm the humanity of Black workers who faced poverty, racism, and dangerous working conditions. Jackson’s message built on the legacy of the Memphis sanitation strike that had drawn Martin Luther King Jr. to the city just three years earlier. By

Jesse Jackson, a champion of civil rights who twice ran for president, died on Tuesday at 84. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.” Read more about Jackson's life and legacy: https://nyti.ms/4aGmiQJ | The New York Times