MP leads UK tributes to African American campaigner, who has died aged 84
Jesse Jackson was a “direct connection to the great era of civil rights”, Diane Abbott said, leading UK tributes to the African American campaigner.
The Rev Jackson, whose death at the age of 84 was announced on Tuesday, was also intimately connected to the battle for racial equality in the UK, where he campaigned for decades to address institutional racism, as well as economic, health and criminal justice inequalities.
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