The Rev. Jesse Jackson through the years

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Photos: Jesse Jackson through the years CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MARCH 17: Rev. Jesse Jackson leaves an event at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition headquarters after announcing his support for Chicago mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson on March 17, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson, a Cook County commissioner, is facing former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas in a runoff election for the Mayor's office scheduled for April 4. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Photos: Jesse Jackson through the years 1984: Lt. Robert O. Goodman Jr., second from left, is welcomed home by President Ronald Reagan during a Rose Garden ceremony outside the White House, Jan. 4, 1984, after he was returned from Syrian captivity. Looking on from left: wife Terry Lynn; Goodman's brother Martin; Secretary of State George Shultz; Goodman's mother Marilyn (partially obscured); his father Robert Sr.; his brother Tyron (partially obscured); Reagan; the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who was instrumental in negotiating his release; Vice President George Bush. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)

Simon Gephardt Jackson Gore Democratic presidential candidates pose in front of a replica of the White House during an Independent Action Roast, June 23, 1987, in Washington. From left are: Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware; Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts; the Rev. Jesse Jackson; former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt; Sen. Albert Gore of Tennessee; Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri; and Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

ABC's Taking The Stage ABC SPECIAL - TAKING THE STAGE: AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC AND STORIES THAT CHANGED AMERICA, a star-studded special commemorating the opening of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture, taped at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, 9/23/16, will air as a two-hour primetime special on THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 (9:0011:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Photo by Ida Mae Astute/ABC via Getty Images) DONNIE MCCLURKIN, REV. JESSE JACKSON (Ida Mae Astute, Ida Mae Astute)

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