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Jesse Jackson's children speak out for the first time since their father's death

(18 Feb 2026) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++SOUNDBITES SEPARATED BY BLACK FRAMES++ ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago - 18 February 2026 1. Cutaway of family of Jesse Jackson walking out for press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) Yusef D. Jackson, Son of the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson: "My first thank you is to the Reverend Jesse L Jackson senior. My father, our dad. We call him leadership. We call him Reverend. He has set such an example for us and our city and our family. He has been a lion among lions, stubborn to the very, very end for his body of work that allows us this opportunity at one level to unite the country and our city. We give him thanks and we give him grace. I ask that you join me in giving Reverend Jesse L Jackson a rousing round of applause." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Santita Jackson, Daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson: "Our father took fatherhood very seriously. He took that charge. It was his charge to keep. And so today we celebrate his life. Although his body is absent from us, his spirit suffuses and infuses us, and it charges us to continue with the work. Indeed, he has run his race." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Santita Jackson, Daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson: "He had a godly calling, but he had an assignment from Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, which he never wavered from throughout his life. There is no one who's been more faithful to the mission of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King than Reverend Jesse Lewis Jackson Sr.. And so it is today, while we have heavy hearts, we have buoyant spirits because we do know where our father is. We do know that he took one deep breath and leapt into the arms of Jesus, who carried him to the throne of God, to the grace." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Jonathan Jackson, (D) Illinois, Son of the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson: "Most of all I come to you just simply as a son. I've had to try to fix my language in the last day. Yeah, I caught myself yesterday saying my parents and now I have to say my parent. So I thank God for 60 years of being able to have both parents. thank God that he is now resting in the arms of a very beneficent and loving God. And I thank God for all of you that have prayed for my father and giving him a gracious and a long life. And I thank him for being a champion runner for justice." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessie Jackson Jr., Son of the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson: "Do not bring your politics out of respect to Reverend Jesse Jackson and the life that he lived to these homegoing services. Come respectful and come to say thank you. But these homegoing services are welcome to all. Democrat, Republican, liberal and conservative, right wing, left wing, because his life is broad enough to cover the full spectrum of what it means to be an American. We only ask people to come and be respectful in the context of the extraordinary life that he lived. Dad would have wanted us to have a great meeting, to discuss our differences, to find ways of moving forward and moving together. And if his life becomes a turning point in our national political discourse, amen." ++SEPARATED BY BLACK++ 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jessie Jackson Jr., Son of the late civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson: 8. Cutaway of family at press conference STORYLINE: The children of Rev. Jesse Jackson gathered in Chicago to speak about their father one day after his passing. The civil rights leader died Tuesday at 84. AP Video by Obed Lamy Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...