The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who will turn 82 in October, has remained active in civil rights in recent years despite health setbacks.
He announced in 2017 that he had begun outpatient care for Parkinson’s disease two years earlier. In early 2021, he had gallbladder surgery and later that year was treated for COVID-19 including a stint at a physical therapy-focused facility. He was hospitalized again in November 2021 for a fall that caused a head injury.
The organization was later renamed the Rainbow PUSH Coalition with a mission ranging from encouraging corporations to hire more minorities to voter registration drives in communities of color. Its annual convention is set for this weekend in Chicago.Until Barack Obama’s election in 2008, Jackson was the most successful Black candidate for the U.S. presidency, winning 13 primaries and caucuses for the Democratic nomination in 1988.
He stood with the family of George Floyd at a memorial for the Black man murdered in 2020 by a white police officer, whose death forced a national reckoning with police brutality and racism. Jackson also participated in COVID-19 vaccination drives to battle hesitancy in Black communities. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson called Jackson “an architect of the soul of Chicago” in a statement Friday.
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Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971
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Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe 81-year-old has led the Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded in 1971. The announcement comes six years after he revealed he began outpatient care for Parkinson's disease.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe 81-year-old has led the Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded in 1971. The announcement comes six years after he revealed he began outpatient care for Parkinson's disease.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down this week from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971. Jackson, 81 has remained active in civil rights in recent years despite health setbacks and a Parkinson’s diagnosis.
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Jesse Jackson is Stepping Down as Head of Civil Rights Organization Rainbow PUSHThe Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971, his son’s congressional office said Friday.
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Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHThe 81-year-old has led the Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded in 1971. The announcement comes six years after he revealed he began outpatient care for Parkinson's disease.
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