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Civil rights trailblazer, mentor, friend: Rev. Jesse Jackson is all of those

Jackson has retired, but his longtime fight for voting rights, economic justice and racial equality have left an indelible mark on our nation, Marc Morial writes.

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Tony Bennett left his heart in Chicago, too

Mention Chicago during the course of a conversation (or two or three) with Bennett, and his seemingly omnipresent smile would grow even larger. His love for the Windy City ran deep.

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Picture Chicago: 12 of the best Sun-Times photos from this week in news

Former Northwestern athletes went public with allegations of widespread hazing in the school’s athletic program, the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced he will step down as president of Rainbow PUSH, and this week’s $1 billion Powerball jackpot was the seventh highest in U.S. history.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson praises Jackson in PUSH keynote, says ‘I am not here’ without him

If not for the trail blazed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the retiring, longtime leader of Rainbow PUSH, Johnson said, he would not be mayor of Chicago.

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Leonard Greene: Jesse Jackson kept Martin Luther King’s dream — and hope — alive

If there is anybody in America who deserves to finally retire, it’s the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

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Biden Praises Jesse Jackson’s Legacy, Ignoring History Of Anti-Jewish Remarks

President Biden hails Jackson as a leader, despite controversial statements on Jews

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‘Fighter for freedom’: Kamala Harris praises legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention

Vice President Harris said that when she was in law school in the 1980s, she had a ‘Jesse Jackson for President’ bumper sticker on her car.

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President Biden praises Rev. Jesse Jackson, retiring Rainbow PUSH chief, as ‘extraordinary’ leader

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Chicago on Sunday to speak at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition convention, where Jackson will officially step down as president.

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5 things to know about Dallas’ Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, successor to Jesse Jackson

DALLAS — The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, a Dallas megachurch leader and champion of social change, has been named as the successor to the Rev. Jesse Jackson as the leader of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971

The Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's stepping down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago

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Rev. Jesse Jackson will be succeeded by Dallas pastor as head of Rainbow PUSH

The Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church, is to be formally introduced Sunday at the coalition’s annual convention.

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Timeline of Rev. Jesse Jackson’s decades of civil rights activism, political efforts

Jackson's decades of activism have left an indelible mark. Here are some key highlights from his career.

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Jackson retires from Rainbow PUSH

“I’ve been doing this stuff for 64 years. I was 18 years old,” Jackson said

Salon

Jesse Jackson to step down as president of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH

The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971

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Jesse Jackson to retire as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH

The long-time civil rights leader is stepping down from the organization he founded in 1971. Jackson, who will turn 82 in October, has remained active in civil rights despite health setbacks.

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Jesse Jackson is stepping down as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH

The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to step down from leading the Chicago civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded in 1971

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Rev. Jesse Jackson stepping down as president of Rainbow PUSH

Jackson founded Operation PUSH in 1971. The Rainbow Coalition, which grew out of his 1984 presidential campaign, merged with PUSH in 1996.

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Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Chicago three times in coming weeks to boost Biden achievements

Kamala Harris will also headline a fundraiser to benefit the Biden/Harris re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

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Harry Belafonte was ‘a major influence’ on his Chicago friends, they fondly recall

Belafonte, the singer-actor-activist who died Tuesday at 96, left a legacy that went beyond the entertainment world — he was a fierce advocate for civil rights.

Birmingham Post

Humber Business Week chair to step down after 2023 event

Kath Lavery has been involved since its inception in 2004

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‘Black labor v white wealth’: can a progressive win Chicago’s mayoral election?

The race could serve as a litmus test for police reform – and Brandon Johnson’s policies on crime could leave him vulnerable in the general election

Chicago Tribune

Review: Mel Brooks’ giddily irreverent style of comedy is emulated in new Hulu series ‘History of the World, Part II’

The comedy of Mel Brooks might as well be its own genre. It’s broad. It’s irreverent. It’s giddily absurd. And no more so than in the 1981 movie “History of the World, Part I,” wherein various events on the human timeline are filtered through this winking sensibility, transforming something like…

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A rise in after-school shootings, Black Restaurant Week kicks off and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Mayoral candidates analyze Black exodus from Chicago: ‘We didn’t leave. We got kicked out’

Seven of the nine mayoral hopefuls were also asked about their plans to address lead pipes and the concentration of red light cameras in Black and Brown neighborhoods.

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‘A beautiful outpouring of rage’: did Britain’s biggest ever protest change the world?

In February 2003, 1.5 million people protested in London against the looming conflict. They didn’t stop the war… but their legacy still looms large

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