The civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson has died aged 84. Jackson was a protege of Martin Luther King Jr and ran twice for the Democratic presidential nomination. He remained a prominent figure in US politics for more than 50 years, championing the rights of Black, poor and working-class people with his ‘rainbow coalition’. Lucy Hough speaks to Carys Afoko <strong>– </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@todayinfocuspodcast" rel="nofollow"><strong>watch on YouTube</strong></a><strong> </strong> <strong>–- </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/over-the-top-under-the-radar/id1744973171" rel="nofollow"><strong>Over The Top and Under The Radar</strong></a><strong> </strong>podcast -<strong>– </strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/18/jesse-jackson-the-gated-community-does-not-protect-you-from-the-pandemic" rel="nofollow"><strong>2020 interview with Jesse Jackson</strong></a>. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>