He founded the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984 and the two organizations merged in 1996. Jackson revealed in 2017 that he was living with Parkinson’s disease. He resigned as CEO of the ...

Jamie Raskin, a former general counsel for the National Rainbow Coalition, a predecessor to Rainbow PUSH, was supposed to speak, but had a last-minute scheduling conflict). It was said often ...

There’s a single thread woven through the campaigns of Jackson, Obama, and Harris that touches Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) people in a profound way. It is simply ...

CHICAGO ― While much of the country braced for the chaos that is the Democratic National Convention ... created the Rainbow Coalition ― a model of anti-racist solidarity that brought ...

Jackson then ran for president in 1984, when he made his famous “Rainbow Coalition” speech to the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. “Our flag is red, white, and blue ...

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The Severn attorney and former prosecutor was due to attend the annual convention of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition ... the Democratic National Convention would take place there days later.

But the government of national unity has the potential to lead itself and South Africa into a future that is different from ...

Jesse Jackson. It was shocking to see the once-mighty orator now living with Parkinson’s. Jackson’s smile lit up the arena and his vigorous two thumbs-up spoke volumes amid the crescendo of cheers and ...

Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) pays tribute to the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2024. Photo by Josh Kurtz. CHICAGO — On the night before the start of ...