US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84 - in pictures

  • Jackson speaks to the press in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, looks on, July 2002. AFP
    Jackson speaks to the press in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, left, looks on, July 2002. AFP
  • The Reverend Jesse Jackson shakes hands with president-elect George Bush after a lunch meeting at the White House in Washington, November 1988. The veteran US civil rights activist died on February 17, 2026, aged 84. AFP
    The Reverend Jesse Jackson shakes hands with president-elect George Bush after a lunch meeting at the White House in Washington, November 1988. The veteran US civil rights activist died on February 17, 2026, aged 84. AFP
  • Jackson visits the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, where entire neighbourhoods were flattened in Israeli attacks, in August 2006. AFP
    Jackson visits the southern suburbs of Beirut, a Hezbollah stronghold, where entire neighbourhoods were flattened in Israeli attacks, in August 2006. AFP
  • Jackson passes a poster reading ‘No to Reagan, to war’, in Strasbourg, where people were protesting against US President Ronald Reagan’s forthcoming appearance at the European Parliament, in May 1985. Jackson stood against Reagan unsuccessfully in 1984. AFP
    Jackson passes a poster reading ‘No to Reagan, to war’, in Strasbourg, where people were protesting against US President Ronald Reagan’s forthcoming appearance at the European Parliament, in May 1985. Jackson stood against Reagan unsuccessfully in 1984. AFP
  • Jackson visits the balcony outside room 306 at the motel where Martin Luther King Jnr was assassinated, on the grounds of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, April 2018. AFP
    Jackson visits the balcony outside room 306 at the motel where Martin Luther King Jnr was assassinated, on the grounds of the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee, April 2018. AFP
  • Jackson speaks celebrating the life of singer Aretha Franklin at her father's church, New Bethel Baptist, during a Sunday morning service in Detroit, Michigan, August 2018. AFP
    Jackson speaks celebrating the life of singer Aretha Franklin at her father's church, New Bethel Baptist, during a Sunday morning service in Detroit, Michigan, August 2018. AFP
  • Jackson joins a march in protest over the not-guilty verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial, in Chicago, Illinois, November 2021. AFP
    Jackson joins a march in protest over the not-guilty verdict in Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial, in Chicago, Illinois, November 2021. AFP
  • Jackson joins US President Joe Biden, Martin Luther King III and others in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, in March 2023. AFP
    Jackson joins US President Joe Biden, Martin Luther King III and others in Selma, Alabama, to mark the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, in March 2023. AFP