Rev. Jesse Jackson celebrated his 80th birthday at the National Action Network headquarters in Harlem, New York. Families and friends gathered at the location on October 22 to salute the civil rights leader. He turned 80 on October 8. “In New York today with @real_sharpton,” Jackson wrote […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and his wife, Jacqueline Jackson have been hospitalized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement released on Saturday. The civil rights leader was publicly vaccinated against COVID-19. He received his first dose during […]
(CNN)Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has left the hospital for a rehabilitation center in Chicago after surgery, according to the Rainbow PUSH Coalition. Jackson, the 79-year-old civil rights leader, was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital for abdominal discomfort on January 29, according to a statement from the Rainbow […]
Jackson: ‘Before You Be a Little of Everything to Everybody, Be Something Special to Where You Live’ Jesse Jackson in 1984. Screenshot: bostonlocaltv.org The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson spoke before about 860 people on Saturday night, Aug. 18, 1984, at the banquet of the National […]