Memorializing Reverend Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate.

This resolution memorializes Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, a global civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and two-time presidential candidate who passed away in 2026. Jackson began his career in 1960 with a sit-in that integrated the Greenville, South Carolina, Library. He later coordinated the Chicago Branch of Operation Breadbasket, creating 4,500 jobs in the African American community. Jackson founded the People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH) coalition and the National Rainbow Coalition, which merged into the Rainbow PUSH coalition.

Memorializing Reverend Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate.

This resolution memorializes Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, a global civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and two-time presidential candidate who passed away in 2026. Jackson began his career in 1960 with a sit-in that integrated the Greenville, South Carolina, Library. He later coordinated the Chicago Branch of Operation Breadbasket, creating 4,500 jobs in the African American community. Jackson founded the People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH) coalition and the National Rainbow Coalition, which merged into the Rainbow PUSH coalition.