The Reverend Jesse Jackson is being remembered as a leader who served the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world. 

The famed US civil rights campaigner has died aged 84.  

In a statement posted to social media his family say he died peacefully surrounded by family. 

After being mentored by Martin Luther King Junior he went on to become one of the most influential African-American leaders. 

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking Jackson was a singularly powerful speaker.  

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The Reverend Jesse Jackson is being remembered as a leader who served the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world.&nbsp;
The famed US civil rights campaigner has died aged 84. &nbsp;
In a statement posted to social media his family say he died peacefully surrounded by family.&nbsp;
After being mentored by Martin Luther King Junior he went on to become one of the most influential African-American leaders.&nbsp;
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking Jackson was a singularly powerful speaker. &nbsp;
LISTEN ABOVE&nbsp;

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Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson

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