With our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki
Reverend Jesse Jackson has dedicated his entire life to civil rights advocacy. He was barely 18 when he started alongside Martin Luther King, from whom he says he learned everything. He was also present when Luther King was assassinated in 1968.
In the early 1970s, Jesse Jackson founded his own organization, Operation Push, which is now Push Rainbow. She campaigns for the rights of minorities, in particular the right to vote, and has also financially supported many disadvantaged black families, or financed the studies of thousands of children.
During his career, Reverend Jackson was also a two-time presidential candidate.
In 2017, he announced that he had Parkinson’s and in recent years, he had chained health problems and hospitalizations, even if he had wanted to continue his commitments and his fight for justice.
Reverend Jackson’s retirement announcement is expected to be made official this weekend at Push Rainbow’s annual convention.
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2023-07-15 22:54:00
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