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Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. The civil rights leader had a rare neurodegenerative disease. His family and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition have released a new schedule of services to remember Jackson that now includes Chicago, South Carolina and Washington, D.
C.Jackson's wife of over 60 years, Jacqueline Jackson, is arranging the services. "Since announcing the details of Reverend Jackson's Homegoing service yesterday, we have also heard from leaders in South Carolina and Washington, D.C., two places of profound significance to him," a family statement Thursday read in part. "They have extended the extraordinary honor of allowing him to be celebrated in formal services in his native state of South Carolina and formal services in the nation's capital-Washington, D.C. These viewings will be followed by official services in his beloved home, the city of Chicago on March 6 and 7."Lying in State at Rainbow PUSH CoalitionLying in State at Rainbow PUSH CoalitionSunday, March 1 through Thursday, March 5Friday, March 6Doors open: 9 a.m.Private Homegoing Celebration at Rainbow PUSH CoalitionLimited capacity Since news of his passing, the nation is remembering Jesse Jackson as a history maker whose tireless commitment to justice for all knew no bounds. The civil rights icon advocated not just for people of color, but all who were marginalized, notably negotiating the release of three U.S. soldiers from Yugoslavia. Before leading the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, he launched Operation Breadbasket in 1966 to address hunger in the basement of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Fuller Park to pressure companies to hire Black people. He took his charge from Dr. Martin Luther King. Whether he was confronting racism or social injustice in the streets or boardrooms or creating political equity for people of color, Jesse Jackson was a force to reckoned with.
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