'We're Going to Always Be Grateful' - Chicagoans Mourns the Loss of Jesse Jackson

'We're going to always be grateful' - Chicagoans mourns the loss of Jesse Jackson

The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue spoke with Chicagoans about what Jesse Jackson's passing means for the city and for the wider community shaped by his decades of activism.

Hundreds see Angela Davis speak at UWM as the community mourns Jesse Jackson

Civil rights icon Angela Davis spoke to a packed audience at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Tuesday, the same day the community learned of the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, creating a poignant moment for those reflecting on the ongoing fight for social justice.Davis, a Marxist and Feminist political activist who became internationally famous in the 1970s after being accused of playing a part in an attempted prison escape where four pe…

'A transformative leader': Charlotte mourns Rev. Jesse Jackson, honors civil rights legacy

People in Charlotte remembered Jesse Jackson, who was a featured speaker at Johnson C. Smith University in 1983, as an iconic civil rights leader who made a transformative impact on the country.

RootsAction Mourns the Loss of a Giant.

Jesse Jackson was a lifelong leader in the effort to transform the Democratic Party into a vehicle for peace and justice, a struggle he waged at the 1972 Democratic convention where he was a force behind Sen. George McGovern’s antiwar candidacy. His own runs for president in 1984 and 1988 built a Rainbow coalition and were the first Democratic campaigns to advocate for justice for Palestinians. RootsAction’s founders were active in exposing bias…

Tinubu Mourns Jesse Jackson, Highlights Legacy in Global Human Rights and Fight Against Insecurity - Security News Alert

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has joined global leaders in mourning the death of American civil rights icon and Baptist preacher, Reverend Jesse Jackson, describing his passing as a major loss to the global struggle against insecurity, injustice and human rights violations. In a condolence message issued on Tuesday, the President said Jackson, who died at […] The post Tinubu Mourns Jesse Jackson, Highlights Legacy in Global Human Rights and Fight …