JUST IN: Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the international human and civil rights organization he founded
Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., formed Operation People United to Save Humanity in 1971. It was later renamed after merging in 1996 with another of his organizations – the National Rainbow Coalition. He discussed his upcoming retirement from the role during a recent YouTube live stream broadcast. “I’m going to make a transition pretty soon,” said Jackson, 81, during a Rainbow PUSH Coalition live stream on July 8. “I’ve been doing this stuff for 64 years.
Jackson established Operation PUSH in 1971 as a way to improve Black communities’ economic conditions across the United States. He launched the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984 with the goal of obtaining equal rights for all Americans, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. “I’m going to work along with the new president and our board, and we’ll have a new president who will, in fact, be working here day to day,” Jackson said. He added, “I want to see us grow and prosper.
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