NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Bears Mourn Death of Civil Rights Leader
February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026
CANTON, Ohio, Feb. 17 -- The National Football League posted the following news:
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Bears mourn death of civil rights leader
Rev. Jesse Jackson was inducted into North Carolina A&T's sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the King's assassination, . . .
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Bears mourn death of civil rights leader
Rev. Jesse Jackson was inducted into North Carolina A&T's sports Hall of Fame in 1984.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the King's assassination, . . .