Tributes pouring in following the death of civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson

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Original Load Date Feb. 17, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
Last Updated Feb. 17, 2026, 12:01 p.m.
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Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate was 84. Mayor Johnson calling him a mentor and friend. The Mayor ordering Chicago flags across ...