Reverend Jesse Jackson, a pivotal figure in the American civil rights movement and a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr., passed away on Tuesday at the age of 84. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1941, Jackson had been battling Parkinson's disease since 2017. His lifelong dedication to racial equality and poverty reduction was marked by his presence at Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis in 1968 and his celebration of Barack Obama's historic election 40 years later. Jackson, who founded the "Rainbow Coalition," also ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988, significantly broadening the Democratic platform. His commitment to justice remained strong, as evidenced by his 2021 appearance at the trial of Ahmaud Arbery's murderers in Brunswick, Georgia.