Jesse Jackson dies at 84
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What are the tributes following Jesse Jackson's death?
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Hello, I'm Ankur Desai and at 16 hours GMT on Tuesday the 17th of February, these are our main stories. Jesse Jackson, the US civil rights leader who marched with Martin Luther King and later ran twice for president, has died at the age of 84. Iran says it's agreed a set of guiding principles in its latest nuclear talks with the US in Geneva. And the Swiss city is also the venue for another set of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine. Also in this podcast, one of the world's biggest AI summits is happening in India this week with the issue of online safety at its core. It's urgent that leaders of this world understand where we could be going and that needs their attention and intervention as soon as possible.
And giddy up, it's the year of the fire horse. Celebrations begin for the Chinese or Lunar New Year. The Reverend Jesse Jackson, the famed American civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1960s and twice ran for president, has died. He was 84 and had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2017. A statement from his family said his unwavering commitment to justice, equality and human rights helped shape a global movement for freedom and dignity. And then he left an indelible mark on history. Alim Makbul takes a look back at his life. November 2008, Barack Obama and a moment of history. In the crowd, the tear-stained face of a man who'd done much to pave the way, the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
It's been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, change has come to America.
Born to a teenage single mother in Greenville, South Carolina, Jesse Jackson grew up in a world where black and white were legally segregated.
In 1959, he won a football scholarship to university, but threw himself into the civil rights struggle that was engulfing America.
And there's a great swell of cheers to welcome Martin Luther King.
Under the leadership of Martin Luther King. Reverend King sent the young Baptist minister to Chicago to organise protests. On marches, the two men faced violent crowds opposed to the movement. Then, in Memphis, Martin Luther King was murdered in front of Jackson. The assassin was later arrested, having fled the country, but Jackson was never convinced he'd been working alone.
This man could not have stopped Dr. King, had a logistical operation, had operative alternative passports, and got out of the country with money alone.
A powerful public speaker, Jackson continued the struggle.
But I am somebody.
I may be on welfare, but I am somebody.
In the 80s, he twice ran for president, but failed to win the Democratic Party nomination.
But for the first time, a black man was a serious contender.
Our time has come. We must leave racial battleground and come to economic common ground and moral higher ground. America, our time has come.
On the international stage, he campaigned for a Palestinian state, creating a long rift with American Jews after some unguarded and offensive remarks. He persuaded Saddam Hussein to release human shields on the eve of the Iraq war. And as South Africa emerged from apartheid, the man who spent years maintaining American pressure against the system was there to watch.
What time is it? From the 1960s to the election of Barack Obama, even to the Black Lives Matter movement of recent years, Jesse Jackson was a constant figure in American public life, determined to show generations of young black Americans they too could have a voice.
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5 chapters
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What are the tributes following Jesse Jackson's death?
0:00–7:51
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What were Jesse Jackson's contributions to civil rights?
7:51–15:30
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How did Jesse Jackson influence American politics?
15:30–22:36
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What is the current status of US-Iran nuclear talks?
22:36–30:07
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What are the highlights from the AI summit in India?
30:07–34:50
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