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Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced plans to step down as president of the Chicago-based Rainbow PUSH Coalition

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Jackson's successor will be announced at the organization's annual convention on Sunday

Jackson founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in 1971 to improve the economic conditions of Black communities across the U.S. and has served as president since 1988.

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease eight years ago, is stepping down from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded through its predecessor, Operation PUSH, more than 50 years ago. After ceding day-to-day operations last year, Jackson, 81, is formally handing the reins to a successor who is expected to be ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, 81, is stepping down from his role as leader of the influential civil rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

In the annals of Chicago politics, Jackson proved to be the ultimate "we don't want nobody nobody sent."

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a veteran civil rights leader, will step down from his position as president of the ​​Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a civil rights group whose predecessor he founded more than 50 years ago. The Chicago Tribune and other outlets reported Friday that Jackson, 81, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2017, is going to…

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. announced Friday that he was stepping down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.

(NBC) - Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. announced Friday that he was stepping down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.