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Jesse Jackson a ‘force of nature’ who paved the way: A. Scott Bolden | Morning in America

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February 17, 2026

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The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday surrounded by his family. He was 84. NewsNation political contributor A. Scott Bolden, who had personal and professional connections to Jackson, tells “Morning in America” he was an American leader who “represented the disrespected, the despised, the desperate.”

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