US EditionMemorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson expanded to include South Carolina and Washington, DC
Memorial events will be held in Jackson's birthplace and capital, allowing broader public participation with a large public celebration in Chicago's 10,000-seat House of Hope.
- On Thursday, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced that memorials for Rev. Jesse Jackson, late civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, will be expanded to Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, scheduled March 1–March 4.
- His early organizing included joining the Selma to Montgomery voting rights march and launching Operation Breadbasket, according to his organization announced Thursday.
- Jackson will lie in repose next week at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, with a public celebration at House of Hope on March 6 and a livestreamed private homegoing service the following day.
- Family members said `Although his body is absent from us, his spirit suffuses and infuses us, and it charges us to continue with the work` on Wednesday outside the family home.
- That history positions him as a central figure in civil rights, with Jackson being with King on April 4, 1968, when King was killed.
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Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson expanded to include South Carolina, Washington, DC
Memorial services honoring the life of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be expanded beyond Chicago with events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, the late civil rights leader's organization announced Thursday.
Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson expanded to include South Carolina and Washington, D.C.
Memorial services honoring the life of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be expanded beyond Chicago with events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, the late civil rights leader's organization announced Thursday.
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Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson expanded to include South Carolina and Washington, DC
Memorial services honoring the life of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be expanded beyond Chicago with events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina.
Rainbow PUSH adds D.C. and South Carolina dates to Jesse Jackson's Celebration of Life services
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition has announced that civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson's memorial services has been extended to include Washington D.C. and home state of South Carolina.
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