Civil-rights leader the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson died Tuesday. A protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate, Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues from voting rights and job opportunities to education and health care. He was 84.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

An old black and white photo of Jesse Jackson with Martin Luther King Jr. looking at a newspaper together
Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., right, and his aide Rev. Jesse Jackson are seen in Chicago, Aug. 19, 1966. AP Photo/Larry Stoddard, File
An old black and white photo of four men, including Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King Jr. standing on the balcony outside of a hotel room
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, stands with Hosea Williams, left, Jesse Jackson, second from left, and Ralph Abernathy, right, on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place, April 3, 1968. AP Photo/Charles Kelly, File
An old black and white photo of Jesse Jackson putting a fist in the air from the back of a police van
Rev. Jesse Jackson raises a clenched fist from a police van after he and 11 others from Operation Breadbasket were arrested during a sit-in at the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., offices in New York, Feb. 2, 1971. AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler, file
A black and white image of Jesse Jackson speaking to reporters alongside Ronald Reagan
Republican presidential nominee Gov. Ronald Reagan talks with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, director of Operation Push, outside the organization’s headquarters in Chicago, Aug. 5, 1980. Nancy Reagan is at right. Reagan met with Jackson for an hour then departed for Los Angeles.AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File
An old black and white photo of Jesse Jackson hugging Shirley Chisholm as they smile
Former Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, right, and Rev. Jesse Jackson hug each other after Jackson announced that he will seek the 1984 Democratic nomination for president in Washington, D.C., Nov. 3, 1983. AP Photo/Scott Stewart
An old black and white photo of Jesse Jackson in downtown Jackson, MS with a crowd of people outside a courthouse
The Rev. Jesse Jackson stands on the steps of the Hinds County Courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 1984 after leading a large group of students and supporters from the Jackson State University campus to the Courthouse to register voters. AP Photo/Tannen Maury
An old black and white photo with Jesse Jackson standing behind a young man registering to vote
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, watches as a young man registers to vote, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 1984 in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, campaigning for the presidency, lined a large group of students and supporters from the State University campus to the Hinds County Courthouse in the unscheduled Jackson registration drive. AP Photo/Tannen Maury
An old black-and-white photo of Jesse Jackson standing at a podium and hugging his wife, Jacqueline.
Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson gives his wife Jacqueline a warm embrace as he takes time out from his political stumping in Los Angeles, May 18, 1984. AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File
Jesse Jackson is among the first in a massive crowd walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Civil rights figures lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the recreation of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march in Selma, Ala., on March 4, 1990. From left are Hosea Williams, Georgia Congressman John Lewis, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Evelyn Lowery, SCLC President Joseph Lowery and Coretta Scott King. AP Photo/Jamie Sturtevant, File
Jesse Jackson, right, embraces Myrlie Evers-Williams outside at a funeral
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, embraces Myrlie Evers-Williams, left, outside the Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, Feb. 28, 1995, after funeral services for Williams’ husband Walter Williams who died Feb. 22. AP Photo/Nick Ut
Jesse Jackson holds Nelson Mandela's hand as Mandela walks with a cane in the other hand
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, left, walks with the Rev. Jesse Jackson after their meeting in Johannesburg, South Africa, Oct. 26, 2005.  AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File
A view of Barack Obama sitting in a car, laughing, a reflection of Jesse Jackson visible in the car door
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., right, laughs after saying goodbye to Rev. Jesse Jackson, reflected left, after Obama addressed the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s annual conference breakfast in Rosemont, Ill., Monday, June 4, 2007. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast
Jesse Jackson and others paying their respects to a golden casket at a funeral
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, second from right, lowers his head in prayer as he stands before the casket of George Floyd, ahead of a memorial service at North Central University, June 4, 2020, in Minneapolis. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File
Joe Biden and Jesse Jackson are among the first of a massive group walking down a road together
President Joe Biden walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., March 5, 2023, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” a landmark event of the civil rights movement. With him are Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the Rev. Al Sharpton, and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File

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