US EditionHere Are the States Putting Flags at Half-Staff for Jesse Jackson
Governors in Iowa and Kentucky ordered flags at half-staff to honor Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader who helped register millions of Black voters.
- On Friday, Feb. 27, CTFlags ordered flags at half-staff to honor Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died February 17 at age 84.
- Reverend Jesse Jackson built his career by marching with Martin Luther King Jr. from Selma to Montgomery and founding the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, energizing millions of Black voters through two presidential campaigns.
- Official websites and offices urged flags at state office buildings be lowered from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, March 7, with flag information available at governor.ky.gov/flag-status.
- A private homegoing service will be held March 7 at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Community House in Chicago, while interment plans in South Carolina have yet to be announced.
- Beyond domestic organizing, Reverend Jesse Jackson undertook international missions in Syria and Cuba, amid rising white nationalism and voting-rights access fights.
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Gov. Beshear Orders Flags to Half-Staff March 7
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Feb. 21, 2026) – Gov. Andy Beshear has ordered that flags at all state office buildings be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Saturday, March 7, in honor of trailblazing civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at the age of 84. “A leader of strength and commitment to peace, Rev. Jesse Jackson brought meaningful change for people across the world,” said Gov. Beshear. “He challenged America to live up to it…
US and NC flags ordered to fly half-staff by Governor Stein
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCT) -- Governor Josh Stein has ordered that all US and North Carolina flags fly at half-staff today through Saturday, March 7. Flags will fly half-staff in North Carolina in honor of Civil Rights Activist Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and Robeson County Master Trooper Stien Davis Jr. Davis Jr., who died in the [...]
Here are the states putting flags at half-staff for Jesse Jackson
As mourners pay their respects Thursday to the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson as he lies in state at his Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s Chicago headquarters, a number of states have lowered or will lower their flags to half-staff in honor of the deceased civil rights activist. The governors of at least a dozen states, including Jackson’s…
Governors across the nation order flags at half-staff in honor of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. – Jackson Advocate
SOUTH CAROLINA At the request of the Jackson family, and numerous members of the South Carolina General Assembly, the body of the Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. will lie in state in the South Carolina Statehouse on Monday, March 2, 2026. Governor Henry McMaster has directed that the flags atop the Statehouse be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset that same day to honor the legacy and memory of Reverend Jackson. “A native son of South Caroli…
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