Jesse Jackson Jr., speaks during a private memorial service for civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on March 7, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois. Veteran US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the nation’s most influential Black voices, died peacefully on February 17, 2026 at the age of 84. Jackson, a Baptist minister, had been a civil rights leader since the 1960s, when he marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and helped fundraise for the cause (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP via Getty Images)