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The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, left, greets the Rev. Jesse Jackson before speaking in Dallas, late Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. Haynes is stepping down less than three months after assuming the leadership role of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights group founded by Jackson in the 1970s. Photo credit: LM Otero, The Associated Press
National

Rainbow PUSH leader’s quick exit underscores challenge of following Jesse Jackson: ‘It’s the most difficult job in Black America’

  • April 19, 2024
  • By The Chicago Sun-Times
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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President Joe Biden walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 5, 2023, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," a landmark event of the civil rights movement. With Biden is Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., the Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Photo credit: Patrick Semansky
National

In Selma, Biden says right to vote remains under assault

  • March 6, 2023
  • By Kim Chandler and Aamer Madhani
  • The Associated Press
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Jonathan Jackson (right) alongside his father, Rev. Jesse Jackson, fills out a ballot Monday at the Dr. Martin Luther King Center Service Center at 4314 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times
Politics

OPINION: With electoral victory, Jonathan Jackson keeps hope alive

  • November 10, 2022
  • By Mary Mitchell
  • Chicago Sun-Times
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National Social Justice

Hopes dashed by Rittenhouse acquittal, civil rights community looks to Arbery trial for justice

  • November 23, 2021
  • By Melanie Eversley
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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Social Justice

Rev. Jesse Jackson already planned to attend Arbery trial when lawyer urged that Black pastors stay away

  • November 22, 2021
  • By Melanie Eversley
  • NABJ Black News & Views
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