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US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84, family says
The founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition — a US civil rights and social justice organisation — was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa
Reverend Jesse Jackson: Winnie was an emancipator and liberator
Reverend Jesse Jackson paid his respects to Winnie Madikizela-Mandela this morning at her home in Soweto.
Jesse Jackson on SA’s new struggle for freedom
The Mail & Guardian spoke to US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson about the challenges facing South Africa’s young democracy.
Jesse Jackson: South Africa is free, but not equal
US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson has called on young South Africans to go to school because their country was "free but not equal".
‘Bipolar’ Jesse Jackson Jr admits to spending campaign funds on luxuries
One-time Democratic Party bigwig Jesse Jackson Jr has pleaded guilty to misusing about $750 000 of the party’s funds on fur capes and a Rolex.
Houston’s fans encouraged to watch funeral on TV
Music greats and Hollywood icons joined family members of Whitney Houston at a church in her hometown to pay tribute to her a week after her death.
Jackson gaffe turns focus on Obama’s move to the right
The image is indelible: Jesse Jackson, once the most influential African-American leader in the US, angrily muttering about Barack Obama.
Jesse Jackson ‘delighted’ to meet Mandela again
Old allies in the human rights struggle, former president Nelson Mandela and United States civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, meet again.