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During Mr Obama’s presidential run in 2008 Mr Jackson had to apologize for remarks about Mr Obama

Jesse Jackson Jr resigned from Congress in 2012 and was sentenced to 30 months in prison

Mr Jackson filmed a presidential campaign commercial with Spike Lee in 1988

Mr Jackson's speech to the convention was the emotional high point of the Democratic campaign against Ronald Reagan

Mr Jackson picked up 3.2 million votes in primaries

Mr Jackson campaigned hard for the vice-presidential nomination and was disappointed not to be picked

He ran first or second in 16 of 21 primaries and caucuses on Super Tuesday March 8

His initial reluctance to distance himself from Louis Farrakhan only added to his problems

He used the offensive terms “Hymie” and “Hymietown” to describe the Jewish population in New York City three weeks after launching his presidential campaign

His ardent promotion of the term African American influenced the nation’s very vernacular of the time

His informal globe-trotting diplomacy made him a political force and an international figure

That campaign illustrated the potential of an insurgent Black politician and the land mines strewn in front of him

The words set off a furor that would hang over him for years

Mr Jackson decided it was time to campaign for himself as the second Black candidate from a major party to run for president in 1984

He established the National Rainbow Coalition as a vehicle for a populist campaign

He became a tireless campaigner for President Jimmy Carter in his unsuccessful re-election bid in 1980

It set the stage for his becoming invaluable to the Democratic Party for his success in registering Black voters

He said My constituency is the desperate the damned the disinherited the disrespected and the despised at the Democratic convention

He flirted with the idea of starting a new political party as early as 1971

His focus shifted to politics