The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, his son’s congressional office said Friday.
The elder Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, plans to announce his plan on Sunday during the organization’s annual convention, Rep. JacksonJonathan Jackson, an Illinois Democrat, said his father “has forever been on the scene of justice and has never stopped fighting for civil rights” and that will be “his mark upon history.”
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who will turn 82 in October, has remained active in civil rights in recent years despite health setbacks. He announced in 2017 that he had begun outpatient care for Parkinson’s disease two years earlier. In early 2021, he had gallbladder surgery and later that year was treated for COVID-19 including a stint at a physical therapy-focused facility.
Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King, broke with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1971 to form Operation PUSH — originally named People United to Save Humanity — a sweeping civil rights organization based on Chicago’s South Side. The organization was later renamed the Rainbow PUSH Coalition with a mission ranging from encouraging corporations to hire more minorities to voter registration drives in communities of color. Its annual convention is set for this weekend in Chicago.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971
Read more »
Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe 81-year-old has led the Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded in 1971. The announcement comes six years after he revealed he began outpatient care for Parkinson's disease.
Read more »
Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe 81-year-old has led the Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded in 1971. The announcement comes six years after he revealed he began outpatient care for Parkinson's disease.
Read more »
Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down this week from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971. Jackson, 81 has remained active in civil rights in recent years despite health setbacks and a Parkinson’s diagnosis.
Read more »
Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as head of Rainbow/PUSH CoalitionJackson reportedly will choose his replacement as head of Rainbow/PUSH in the next few weeks.
Read more »
Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down from Rainbow/PUSH CoalitionA successor is expected to be named this weekend for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. founded through its predecessor, Operation PUSH, more than 50 years ago.
Read more »