The former president took to social media on Tuesday to thank the civil rights leader for both personal and professional reasons.

Yes, the Rev. Jesse Jackson died at his home surrounded by family on Feb. 17, 2026.

At the Democratic National Convention in 1984 during his first run for president, he said: “America is not like a blanket—one piece of unbroken cloth, the same color, the same texture, the same size. ...

The former president made the claim when pressed about presidential secrets in an interview published Feb. 14 Barack Obama says aliens exist.