Obama, Trump and Biden lead tributes to Jesse Jackson: ‘one of America’s greatest patriots’
Feb 17, 2026
Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Al Sharpton, Donald Trump and more react to death of the civil rights leader at the age of 84Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84Jesse Jackson – a life in picturesShare your tributes and memories of Jesse JacksonThree Democratic former presidents led a wealth o
f tributes on Tuesday to Jesse Jackson, a “titan” of the civil rights movement and “one of America’s greatest patriots” who has died at the age of 84.The former US president Joe Biden said history would remember Jackson as “a man of God and of the people”, calling him in a post on X: “Determined and tenacious. Unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our Nation.” Continue reading... ...read more read less