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Tributes poured in from politicians who described Jackson as an agent of change and transformative leader.
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An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a "rainbow coalition" of poor and working-class people and seeking the presidency. His mission, he said, was "to transform the mind of America."
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate.
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