Jesse Jackson to retire from longtime civil rights leadership role

By Emily Jacobs

Published July 14, 2023 10:42pm ET

Jesse Jackson to retire from longtime civil rights leadership role — The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights organization whose predecessor he founded over 50 years ago, his son’s congressional office said on Friday. Rep. Jonathan Jackson’s (D-IL) team confirmed that the congressman’s father, 81, intends to hand the reins of the day-to-day operations of […]

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights organization whose predecessor he founded over 50 years ago, his son’s congressional office said on Friday.

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