Former President Joe Biden delivered remarks at Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral on Friday at House of Hope in Chicago, telling the crowd to take home with them Jackson's own central message: "Don't give up.

Veteran US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the nation's most influential Black voices, died peacefully on Feb. 17, 2026 at the age of 84.

More than 1,000 people attended the public celebration of life ceremony for Jackson, including former Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, who were accompanied by former first ladies J...