Martin Luther King Assassination

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Jesse Jackson was with Martin Luther King Jr. during Memphis assassination. Their shared path and legacy

Jackson worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was present at his assassination in 1968.

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Rev. Jesse Jackson remembers witnessing the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on 50th anniversary

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Jesse Jackson Witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination. Here’s How He Carried the Torch for the Civil Rights Movement Into the Future

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Reaction to death of US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson

Feb 17 (Reuters) - U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, a Baptist minister from the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and ran twice for the Democratic president...

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies at 84

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Jesse Jackson dies at 84: Tributes pour in for civil rights icon

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The Latest: the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's Death Prompts Vows to 'Keep Hope Alive'

Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights activist and racial ‘pathfinder,’ dies at 84

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies at 84

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Jesse Jackson visits Memphis to mark anniversary of MLK's death

The Rev. Jesse Jackson returned to Memphis on April 4, 2022, to mark the 54th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.

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The Photograph That Captured the Horror of MLK’s Assassination

Had Joseph Louw decided to finish his dinner on April 4, 1968, the photographs that captured the horror of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination may never have come to be. Louw, a young South African photographer and filmmaker at work on a documentary about King,

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy honored 50 years after his assassination

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Security will be tight throughout downtown Memphis on Wednesday as thousands of people come together at the National Civil Rights Museum to remember a solemn anniversary. Memphis has been marking the anniversary this week with a host ...

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Black History Month: Philadelphia family preserves legacy of detective who protected MLK

The legacy of Samuel Wyche, a Philadelphia police detective who also served as a bodyguard for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is being kept alive.

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How Jesse Jackson paved way for Barack Obama - and helped change US

Jesse Jackson, a key figure during the US civil rights movement of the 1960s, was known for being the first African American to make the jump from activism to major-party presidential politics. A protege of Martin Luther King Jr,