US EditionMemorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization
Memorial events span Chicago, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C., honoring the civil rights leader who died at 84 after decades advocating social justice and voting rights.
- On Thursday, Feb. 26, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters at 930 E. 50th Street will open for public viewings as Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. lies in repose for two days.
- Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. died on Feb. 17 at age 84 after battling progressive supranuclear palsy, and he founded Operation PUSH and the National Rainbow Coalition to promote civil rights.
- Crews set up a stage and crowd barriers near the Rainbow PUSH Coalition front entrance along Drexel Boulevard, while a March 6 public service at House of Hope requires registration and seats 10,000.
- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer ordered U.S. and Michigan flags lowered to half‑staff Thursday and Friday, while the family invited President Donald Trump and every living former president despite House Speaker Mike Johnson denying a U.S. Capitol rotunda honor.
- The three-city, nine-day memorial tour begins Thursday and continues into early March, with Jackson's body moving to South Carolina and Washington, D.C. March 1–4, then returning to Chicago for a March 6 public celebration and March 7 private homegoing.
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Crowds of Chicago mourners pay respects to Jesse Jackson at start of cross-country memorial services
Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy. Starting Thursday, he lies in repose for two days at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters. Events also…
Hundreds pay their respects to Rev. Jesse Jackson at lying-in-repose services
Slow inspirational music played from the speakers outside Rainbow PUSH Coalition in Kenwood as the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family procession arrived after 8 a.m. Thursday. The civil rights leader, who died at 84 on Feb. 17, will lie in repose throughout the day at the headquarters of his historic nonprofit.Color guard members paid respects to Jackson as his casket was removed from a hearse bearing the name Leak & Sons and carried into the building …
Services For Rev. Jesse Jackson Begin As Civil Rights Hero Lies In Repose At Rainbow PUSH
KENWOOD — A rendition of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” spilled out of Rainbow PUSH as visitors began streaming in to pay their respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Thursday morning. The civil rights anthem by a notable South Sider is a fitting tribute to Jackson, the civil rights activist whose advocacy for economic and social justice was rooted in community work on the South Side. A week of memorials for Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at…
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Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson begin in Chicago as family calls for 'unity'
Jesse Jackson poses for a portrait during the 55th Anniversary of Ben’s Chili Bowl on August 22, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Kris Connor/Getty Images) (CHICAGO) — Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson began on Thursday in Chicago, where the late civil rights icon, Baptist minister and politician lay in repose at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition — the organization he founded in 1996 to fight for social justice. Jackson’s family depa…
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