Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, Jesse Jackson died at 84. Jackson died from Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative movement disorder that causes the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells, according to nbcnews.com.

Jackson lived through the Jim Crow segregation in the South. He formed his first Civil Rights group called the Greenville Eight when he was 18 and formed the group so they could do a peaceful sit-in at their local segregated library. Jackson and the seven students in his group were arrested for disorderly conduct, marking the first of his many arrests, according to britannica.com.

At 23, Jackson went to Alabama and marched with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. Jackson and King later had a conference that led King to put Jackson in charge of Operation Breadbasket. This operation was part of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference that focused on economic issues, according to britannica.com.

When King was assassinated he died in Jackson’s arms on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968. Jackson wiped King’s blood on his shirt and continued to wear that shirt for days, including when he was on national television to talk about King’s death. Jackson said that King’s death motivated him more than ever to continue the move to equality, according to britannica.com.

In both 1984 and 1988, Jackson ran for president as a Democratic candidate. Even though he lost both races, he continued his activism into the 21st century and went on to march in protests until his Parkinson’s disease began to deprive him from walking. He died in his home on Feb. 17 surrounded by his loved ones, according to britannica.com.

Jackson’s memorial services began on Feb. 26, with the doors being opened to the public to visit and pay respects. Additional services were added beginning on March 1 and ending on March 4. These services were held in South Carolina and Washington, D.C., according to ipmnewsroom.org.