A Dallas pastor is stepping into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Dallas, US AP The civil rights group founded by Rev Jesse Jackson in the 1970s is elevating a new leader for the first time in more than 50 years, choosing a Dallas pastor as his successor to take over the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Rev Frederick D Haynes III is set to be formally installed as […]
In the US, hundreds gather at historic Tulsa church’s prayer wall
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USAP Hundreds gathered Monday for an interfaith service dedicating a prayer wall outside historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in the US city of Tulsa’s Greenwood neighbourhood on the centennial of the first day of one of the deadliest racist massacres in the nation. National civil rights leaders, including Rev Jesse Jackson and […]