US EditionMemorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization
Thousands are expected to pay respects at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters before services in South Carolina and Washington, D.C., honoring Jackson’s decades of civil rights activism.
- 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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More than a week of celebration and funeral services for Rev. Jesse Jackson begins Thursday in Chicago
By Wednesday afternoon, the day before the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, long rows of barricades stretched throughout the parkway in the middle of Drexel Boulevard, where thousands are expected to gather Thursday and Friday to honor one of America’s most enduring civil rights leaders. More than a week of services and funerals in memory of Jackson will begin Thursday morning at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the civil rights or…
Chicago honors Rev. Jesse Jackson with lineup of memorial events
CHICAGO, Feb 26 (Chicago) - Memorial events honoring the life and legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson begin this week in Chicago, likely drawing elected officials, advocates and community members to celebrate a man whose decades-long activism reshaped American politics and amplified Black communities and communities of color. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Memorial services for Jesse Jackson begin at Chicago headquarters of his civil rights organization
Memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. begin in Chicago and stretch across the country to honor his long civil rights legacy.
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