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Jesse Jackson receives COVID-19 vaccination shot *On Friday (01-08-21), Civil Rights Icon and President of The Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. was administered a dose of Pfizer’s BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, IL. Rev. Jackson was accompanied by Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist at the Vaccine Research Center […]

The UK's NEU welcomes Rev. Jesse Jackson to Black Lives Matter solidarity webinar on Monday, June 15, 9am Central Time/3pm London Time

[…] of the United States. pic.twitter.com/DbB2fGWpaa — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) March 8, 2020 In other political news from the Democratic primary race, veteran civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president, the campaign announced Sunday. “A people far behind cannot catch up choosing the most moderate path,” Jackson said […]

*In wake of the murder of Cleveland grandfather Robert Godwin, whose shooting was broadcast on Facebook, Rev. Jesse Jackson is calling for a 30-day halt of the Facebook Live feature both in memory of Goodwin and as a call-to-action to prevent footage of heinous acts from spreading online in the future. The live feature on […]

WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 15: (L-R) Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline Brown attend the Phoenix Dinner for the 48th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on September 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) *Last month civil rights icon Rev. #JesseJackson and his wife #JacquelineJackson were hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. On Friday, […]

  *Rev. Jesse Jackson was part of the inner circle of Martin Luther King in 1968 and he even witnessed the assassination itself. So, it should go without saying that him weighing in on the scenario was quite shocking and so was his account about the turbulent aftermath. One of the People with King That […]

*Satellite TV provider DISH is implementing similar tacts “that the old south employed when enacting laws that counted African-Americans as three-fifths of a man,” Rev. Jesse Jackson says. The civil rights leader has fired off a letter in which he comments on the battle between DISH and WGN, the network behind the acclaimed slavery drama […]

*Twitter may be a popular social media outlet for black America, but according to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the micro-blogging site’s 2,910 employees is not a true representation of those who regularly utilize it. In an interview with The Guardian, Jackson put Twitter on blast for its lack of diversity, saying the black community is […]

*The scandal surrounding the Jackie Robinson West little league baseball team has given way to threats of legal action from the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Yahoo! Sports reports that Jackson is calling for Little League International to return the U.S. World Series championship to the 12-year-old members of the team after the team was stripped of […]

WASHINGTON, DC: (L-R) Jesse Jackson and his wife Jacqueline Brown attend the Phoenix Dinner for the 48th Annual Congressional Black Caucus Foundation on September 15, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Earl Gibson III/Getty Images) *Unfortunately, we have some news about The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his wife and it’s not good. The bottom line […]

*Although he admits that President Barack Obama has faced an “unfair” amount of opposition from the GOP, the Rev. Jesse Jackson believes the Obama administration should have been more direct in dealing with issues affecting black people, such as unemployment. Jackson’s disappointment with Obama’s record as it pertains to empowering black people was expressed in […]

[…] Old School Music also notes that Jackson played a baseball player in the 1994 Disney film “Angels in the Outfield,” and he portrayed high school basketball player Jesse Mitchell on the ensemble series “The White Shadow.” Additionally, Stoney played Black Jack Savage in the pilot episode of “The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage.” […]

[…] bond offering of the year.  Most significantly, five minority firms participated in the debt offering: Blaylock Beal; MFR Securities; Loop Capital; Ramirez and Co., and Williams Capital. Rev. Jesse Jackson said, “These firms were founded decades ago by minority entrepreneurs. Their success was built with sharp minds, hard work which earned them strategic key relationships with institutions.” […]

*Speaking to a large crowd of University of Michigan students, faculty and administrators on Wednesday (11-17-16) about his long career as a civil rights activist, the Rev. Jesse Jackson called for President Obama to pardon to Hillary Clinton before he leaves office, just like President Ford did for Richard Nixon. Jackson remarked, “It would be […]

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, legendary civil rights leader and Rainbow PUSH Coalition founder and president, will lead Clark Atlanta University’s remembrance of “Bloody Sunday” *Atlanta – The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, legendary civil rights leader and Rainbow PUSH Coalition founder and president, will lead Clark Atlanta University’s remembrance of “Bloody Sunday” and deliver a message on […]