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Winston-Salem Chronicle
April 20, 2018
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and a renowned Baptist minister, will serve as Bennett College's 2018 Baccalaureate speaker, officials have announced. Baccalaureate will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 4, inside the Annie Merner Pfeiffer ChapelÃâà...
The Telegraph
April 12, 2018
Kroger is the nation's largest supermarket chain. It is the world's third largest retailer, trailing only Walmart and Costco. The Rev. Jesse Jackson doesn't want you to go food shopping at any of its 2,782 locations across the U.S.. That's because Jackson, a South Carolina native, is unhappy that Kroger hasÃâà...
Greensboro News & Record
April 12, 2018
In this Feb. 14, 2018 photo, the Rev. Jesse Jackson stands on the motel balcony where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn. on April 4, 1968. Jackson was at the motel with King when the assassination took place. The building, which was formerly the Lorraine Motel, is nowÃâà...
Cincinnati.com
April 11, 2018
Jesse Jackson told The Enquirer Tuesday he wants to "expand" the boycott he called against Cincinnati-based Kroger to protest store closures in minority communities. Jackson also said he wasn't sure if he believed Kroger's claims that a Walnut Hills store and others around the country were unprofitableÃâà...
Cincinnati.com
April 11, 2018
Jesse Jackson said he's concerned about FC Cincinnati's proposal to build a stadium in the West End. That's right. He's paying ... Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, posed for a photo with Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley, left, the mayor's wife, Dena, and their son, Joseph, last week in Memphis. (Photo: Screenshot).
MyDaytonDailyNews
April 11, 2018
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will join other black leaders in Cincinnati today to boycott the business practices of Kroger. The civil rights leader will also speak to Cincinnati leaders about the ongoing fight over FC Cincinnati's plan to put a stadium in the predominantly black West End neighborhood and lendÃâà...
ABC6OnYourSide.com
April 11, 2018
Jesse Jackson calls for Kroger boycott over inner city store closures. by Jeff Hirsh, WKRC/WKRC Staff. Jesse Jackson says Kroger is closing stores in predominantly black neighborhoods, leaving them in food deserts (WKRC). temp JESSE JACKSON IN WALNUT HILLS_frame_33533.png. temp JESSE JACKSON INÃâà...
Cincinnati.com
April 10, 2018
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Cincinnati.com
April 10, 2018
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WCPO
April 10, 2018
CINCINNATI -- Just days after calling for a national boycott of the Kroger Co., the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. brought his fight to the corporation's front porch. The Rainbow Push Coalition Local Steering Committee invited Jackson to Cincinnati as he continues his protest over Kroger closures in predominantlyÃâà...
The Hill (blog)
April 9, 2018
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is calling on civil rights supporters to take action to oppose the Trump administration's policies, which he deems “authoritarian.” “The Trump administration has demonstrated in word and deed that it is an advocate for authoritarianism, not democracy, and white supremacy, notÃâà...
Cincinnati.com
April 4, 2018
Rev. Jesse Jackson has called for a boycott of Kroger stores while in Memphis marking the 50th year since the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., according to reports. Two Kroger locations in the heart of Memphis closed in February sparking community pushback, according to The CommercialÃâà...
CNN
April 3, 2018
It's been 50 years since King's slaying, but this marks the first time the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Ambassador Andrew Young have been back to the motel together. The sole surviving members of King's entourage that day, Jackson and Young have met CNN here to discuss their friend and teacher's legacy,Ãâà...
CNN
April 2, 2018
(CNN) On April 4, 1968, Jesse Jackson was 26 years old. He was in Memphis, Tennessee, traveling as an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. in an effort to rally support for a sanitation workers' strike started that February over dangerous working conditions and the deaths of two men who were crushed to deathÃâà...
The Commercial Appeal
April 1, 2018
Jesse Jackson – an eyewitness to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – launched this week's MLK50 commemoration with the language of Easter. "I suppose what makes me feel excited about Memphis – I think Memphis must be put in a different place – is that Atlanta is his Bethlehem, MasonÃâà...
www.localmemphis.com
April 1, 2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (localmemphis.com) - Civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson will spend Easter Sunday in the Mid-South, as MLK50 events get underway. Jackson will preach and share his mixed emotions of America's progress in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Dr. King's assassination atÃâà...
WMC Action News 5
April 1, 2018
Civil Rights legend Jesse Jackson officially arrived in Memphis on Saturday ahead of the MLK50 commemoration. MOREAdditional LinksPoll. Jackson will help kickoff the events this week with an Easter address Sunday night. He spoke with reporters Saturday after arriving at Memphis International AirportÃâà...
The Providence Journal
April 1, 2018
Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young visited familiar but painful territory this weekend — the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. It has been nearly 50 years — April 4, 1968 — since the two of them stood on that balcony above the prone body of Martin Luther King Jr., pointing in the direction from which they thoughtÃâà...
The Guardian
March 31, 2018
Jesse Jackson still remembers the sound of the gunshot and the sight of blood. They have been with him for half a century. “Every time I think about it, it's like pulling a scab off a sore,” he says. “It's a hurtful, painful thought: that a man of love is killed by hate; that a man of peace should be killed by violence;Ãâà...
History
March 31, 2018
Jesse Jackson takes a moment to read a copy of Newsweek magazine, with a cover showing a mourner passing by the body of the recently assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during his flight from Atlanta to Memphis to carry out the Final March, 1968. (Credit: Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images)Ãâà...
WGN-TV
March 29, 2018
Rev. Jesse Jackson was among those who was with Dr. King the day of the shooting. The night of April 3 as Rev. Jackson and others arrived in Memphis, Dr. King wasn't feeling well. Rev. Jackson affirmed similar reports that King had been battling the emotional weight of his work. But Dr. King forgedÃâà...
Mondoweiss
March 22, 2018
Allegations of antisemitism and sanctimonious calls for Women's March leaders to educate themselves about Farrakhan and denounce him echo attacks on Jesse Jackson three decades ago. Jackson first found himself targeted by supporters of Israel in 1979, when United Nations ambassador AndrewÃâà...
Chief Learning Officer
March 19, 2018
A self-proclaimed “accidental CLO,” Jesse Jackson has served in numerous roles at the multinational banking and financial services firm JPMorgan Chase & Co. After completing five years of active duty in the U.S. Navy, he joined the bank's management development program more than 25 years ago,Ãâà...
Birmingham Times
March 14, 2018
Back in 1994, when Jesse Jackson was running for President of the United States as a Democrat there was one thing that he kept saying that I think we need to revisit today. He kept pointing out that there was no need for black people to be Republicans or Democrats, that we should be something differentÃâà...
KPRC Click2Houston
March 2, 2018
Jackson continued the work of King as a civil rights activist and stayed on the front lines of civil discourse for decades. Jackson was in town recently for the Houston Community College Black History Scholarship Gala and spent a few minutes talking about what progress has been made and what still needsÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 1, 2018
Jesse Jackson Jr. to judge: Let me sell the home where my wife and kids live. Rise and fall of Jesse Jackson Jr.: A timeline. Retracing key moments in Jesse Jackson Jr.'s journey from a prominent political family to Congress, scandal and federal prison. Retracing key moments in Jesse Jackson Jr.'s journeyÃâà...
Tuscaloosa News
February 28, 2018
Jesse Jackson encourages student engagement in politics .... Jesse Jackson reflected on the message of unity during last staff meeting he had with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jackson said King's last meeting in Atlanta began with a lesson on multicultural liberty. “We have a charge to learn to liveÃâà...
Greenville News
February 28, 2018
No Greenville native's name looms larger in the history of the Civil Rights Movement than that of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Although he left his hometown soon after graduating from Sterling High School, he returned to lead a protest that led to the desegregation of Greenville's previously all-white library.
Tuscaloosa News
February 27, 2018
The Rev. Jesse Jackson will speak at a free event Wednesday night on the University of Alabama campus. Jackson, a longtime civil rights leader who ran for president in 1984 and 1988, will discuss “New South, New Challenges” at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom at the Ferguson Student Center, 751 CampusÃâà...
Chron.com
February 24, 2018
The deadly mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at a south Florida high school this month illuminates one of the two issues - violence and poverty - that the Rev. Jesse Jackson believes are the most pressing in America today. The legendary civil rights leader spent a few hours in Houston on Saturday nightÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
December 31, 1999
Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and former Chicago Ald. Sandi Jackson reached a settlement Friday in their contentious divorce case, their attorneys said. The onetime Democratic power couple came to terms on ending their 27-year union Friday morning during a meeting at District of ColumbiaÃâà...
WBRC FOX6 News
December 31, 1999
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. will speak at The University of Alabama Wednesday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m., in an event that is free and open to the public. Jackson will discuss the evolving cultural landscape in the Deep South in a speech titled “New South, New Challenges.” The event is sponsored by theÃâà...
UN News
December 31, 1999
UN News: Are these events focused around this UN International Decade for People of African Descent getting the attention they deserve? A decade's a long time to try and keep the focus on this very important issue of rights. Jesse Jackson: Well, even longer, because racism is used as a tool of oppressionÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Jesse Jackson: With the changing demographics in the country there is a concerted effort by Republicans to make it harder for people of color, women, workers, students, young people, seniors and the disabled to vote. This is mostly a result of our states-rights and local-control voting systems.
STLtoday.com
December 31, 1999
ATLANTA — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and Andrew Young found themselves in familiar but painful territory this weekend — the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. It has been nearly 50 years — April 4, 1968 — since the two of them stood on that balcony above the prone body of Martin Luther King Jr., pointing inÃâà...
