USA: US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84.
Jackson died peacefully on Tuesday morning surrounded by his family.
“Our father was a servant leader – not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family say.
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In the 1960s, Jackson fought for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr, whose daughter has paid tribute to Jackson as a “gifted negotiator”.