The Rev Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Tuesday morning at age 84, according to a family statement.

In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated with world leaders.

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, a Rainbow Push Coalition spokesperson confirmed to CNN.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for U.S. president, died on Tuesday. He was 84.

Jesse Jackson participated in civil rights demonstrations alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.

Civil rights pioneer Jesse Jackson has passed away. He was 84 years old. The Reverend is known for his work alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., working together to push for voting rights, negotiating with world leaders,

U.S. ‌civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent ​Baptist minister raised in ​the segregated South who became a ​close associate of ⁠Martin ⁠Luther ‌King Jr and twice ran for the Democratic presidential ⁠nomination,