UFW mourns the passing of farm worker champion Jesse Jackson
February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026
KEENE, California, Feb. 17 [Category: Union] -- The United Farm Workers issued the following news release:
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UFW mourns the passing of farm worker champion Jesse Jackson
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It is with much sadness that the United Farm Workers learned about the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who helped take up the mantle of civil rights leadership after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination, and was also a longtime faithful champion of the . . .
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UFW mourns the passing of farm worker champion Jesse Jackson
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It is with much sadness that the United Farm Workers learned about the passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who helped take up the mantle of civil rights leadership after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1968 assassination, and was also a longtime faithful champion of the . . .