New leader of Jesse Jackson’s civil rights organisation steps down just months on the job
Chicago, US AP A Dallas pastor who took over leadership of Rev Jesse Jackson’s longtime civil rights organisation resigned Tuesday just months after he took the job. Rev Frederick Haynes III told The Associated Press that he submitted a letter with his resignation as head of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition, effective immediately. “After a time of […]
Rev Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971
Chicago, USAP Rev Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago. Jackson, 81, announced his resignation during a quiet farewell speech at the organization’s annual convention, where the group paid tribute to him with songs, kind words […]
Faith leaders ask Biden to mark Mother’s Day with prayer day against gun violence
United StatesRNS More than 550 faith leaders have asked President Joe Biden to declare Mother’s Day an occasion for Americans to pray for an end to gun violence. “While some may throw up their arms and say that this is a battle too large to win, we, an interfaith coalition, made up of Christians, Jews, […]
In the US, Black pastors rally outside trial over Arbery’s killing
Brunswick, Georgia, US AP Hundreds of pastors both rallied and prayed Thursday outside the trial of three white men charged in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, gathering in response to a defence lawyer’s bid to keep Black ministers out of the courtroom. As testimony resumed inside the Glynn County courthouse, with its four huge columns, […]
After months of protests in the US, Poor People’s Campaign requests meeting with Biden
Washington DC, USRNS After dozens of near-weekly demonstrations in support of voting rights, raising the minimum wage and other issues, leaders of the Poor People’s Campaign have asked for a meeting with President Joe Biden, escalating efforts to arrange a public summit with a president who endorsed their cause during his campaign. In a letter sent to […]
Jesse Jackson’s wife headed home from hospital after COVID
Chicago, USAP Rev Jesse Jackson’s wife will be released from a Chicago hospital where she has been treated for COVID-19, her family said in a statement on Friday. A statement from Jonathan Jackson, one of the couple’s five children, did not specify when his 77-year-old mother, Jacqueline, would be released from Northwestern Memorial Hospital. In […]
Jesse Jackson and wife remain under observation for COVID-19
Chicago, USAP Rev Jesse Jackson, and his wife, Jacqueline, remained under doctors’ observation Sunday at a Chicago hospital and were “responding positively to treatments” for COVID-19, their son told The Associated Press. The couple, married for nearly six decades, were admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital a day earlier. Physicians were “carefully monitoring their condition” because of their […]
Hundreds arrested at the US Capitol while protesting for voting rights, minimum wage
Washington DC, USRNS As police escorted a demonstrator in a wheelchair away from the chanting throng descending on the US Capitol on Monday, fellow protesters turned to watch the person go. The group paused for a moment, then altered their call. They screamed in unison: “Thank you! We love you!” The lone protester nodded, fist […]
France honours Rev Jesse Jackson with the Legion d’Honneur
Paris, FranceReuters French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday awarded US civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson the Legion d’Honneur, one of France’s highest honours, in recognition of what he called “a long walk towards emancipation and justice”. French President Emmanuel Macron poses with veteran American civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson after awarding him with […]
In the US, Jesse Jackson, William Barber arrested protesting filibuster and Manchin
Washington DC, USRNS Rev Jesse Jackson and Poor People’s Campaign co-chair Rev William Barber II were among several civil rights and religious activists arrested at a protest outside the US Senate on Wednesday, where demonstrators demanded West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin and other lawmakers abolish the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation. Shortly before his […]