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Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. has been a monumental force in the civil rights movement and the progression of Black Americans. For half a century, the celebrated Baptist minister, organizer and activist has diligently worked for peace and is a visionary when it comes to the promise of a true…
A Chicago man, Bernard Kersh, faces charges of aggravated battery after police slammed him to the ground during a Thanksgiving Day arrest. Kersh, who was reportedly stopped for drinking outside of a bus stop, also is charged with resisting police, simple assault and drinking alcohol in public. Civil rights activist…
“We choose to come together each year and learn the science of capital,” said Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. said at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund’s 21st Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit. More than 1,000 people attended the two-day summit in New York City earlier this…
The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and…
By Sheryl Estrada “When you do your best in America, great things come your way,” said Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. to more than 900 corporate senior executives from around the country at the2015 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity Announcement Dinner in New York City on Thursday. “I’ve seen…
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