{"id":44661,"date":"2026-02-17T10:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=44661"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:26:07","slug":"jesse-jackson-dies-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=44661","title":{"rendered":"Jesse Jackson Dies at 84"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p aria-live=\"assertive\" class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">new video loaded: Jesse Jackson Dies at 84<\/p>\n<p>transcript<\/p>\n<p><span>Back<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1nng8z9\">transcript<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-8p0vwh\">Jesse Jackson Dies at 84<\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"css-qsd3hm\">The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the fiery civil rights leader and gifted orator, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. He was recently hospitalized for a rare neurodegenerative condition.<\/h4>\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">We must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope alive. Keep hope alive. Wake up. Blow your trumpet. Let the world know we are displeased. We do not like it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-hple31\">The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the fiery civil rights leader and gifted orator, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. He was recently hospitalized for a rare neurodegenerative condition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Amogh Vaz<\/p>\n<p>February 17, 2026<\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1mmm5ic\">\n<h3 class=\"css-x9xs22 e1gnsphs0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\u2018Dawson\u2019s Creek\u2019 Heartthrob James Van Der Beek Dies at 48<\/h3>\n<p>1:04<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-x9xs22 e1gnsphs0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Tatiana Schlossberg, of Kennedy Family, Dies at 35<\/h3>\n<p>0:55<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-x9xs22 e1gnsphs0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Frank O. Gehry, Formidable Architect, Dies at 96<\/h3>\n<p>0:34<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-x9xs22 e1gnsphs0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">A San Diego Zoo Gal\u00e1pagos Tortoise, Thought to Be 141, Is Dead<\/h3>\n<p>0:33<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-x9xs22 e1gnsphs0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning Actress, Dies at 79<\/h3>\n<p>1:33<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-x9xs22 e1gnsphs0\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Jane Goodall, a Revered Conservationist, Dies at 91<\/h3>\n<p>1:44<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>new video loaded: Jesse Jackson Dies at 84 transcript Back transcript Jesse Jackson Dies at 84 The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the fiery civil rights leader and gifted orator, died on Tuesday at the age of 84. He was recently hospitalized for a rare neurodegenerative condition. We must never surrender. America will get better and better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44662,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[2527,4912,2423],"class_list":{"0":"post-44661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime-justice","8":"tag-dies","9":"tag-jackson","10":"tag-jesse"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}