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The Rev. Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971
theGrio via AOL· 10 months agoJesse Jackson has been battling Parkinson’s disease for the last eight years. The Rev. Jesse Jackson...
Jesse Jackson to step down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow...
Leonard Greene: Jesse Jackson kept Martin Luther King’s dream — and hope — alive
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoIf there is anybody in America who deserves to finally retire, it’s the Rev. Jesse Jackson. We know...
New leader of Jesse Jackson's civil rights organization steps down just months on the job
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA Dallas pastor who took over leadership of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights...
A Dallas pastor is stepping into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition
theGrio via AOL· 3 months ago“I’m standing on some great shoulders,” said the Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, who began working...
Rev. Frederick Haynes III to take over Rainbow PUSH Coalition leadership from Rev. Jesse Jackson
CNN via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III is expected to become the president of the Rainbow PUSH...
Congressional races: Jesse Jackson’s son clinches nomination, Delia Ramirez wins and Danny Davis...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJonathan Jackson, son of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson, emerged at the top of a pack of...
New leader leaves Jesse Jackson’s civil rights group
The Hill via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoThe pastor who took over Rev. Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organization has submitted his resignation less than three months after his tenure began. The...
In the tight race for Georgia governor, Black men emerge as Stacey Abrams' key voters
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoATLANTA – Theron Jones is tired of Black men being left out of national and state conversations by...
36 years, 2 mayors, 1 lost mayoral bid: What's next for Marco Sommerville?
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIn December 2021, Deputy Mayor Marco Sommerville called Kevin Dorsey, an Akron native who has made...