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Illinois lawmakers want to replace a small, weathered statue of Martin Luther King Jr. across the street from the State Capitol building in Springfield and put a new one in a more prominent area.
The Wall Street Project was founded in 1996 by Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., and the Citizenship Education Fund; it was officially launched by Rev. Jesse Jackson and prominent minority business owners on January 15, 1997, Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. The Wall Street Project challenges Corporate America to end the multi-billion dollar trade deficit with minority vendors and consumers, while working to ensure equal opportunities for culturally diverse employees, entrepreneurs and consumers. “The Wall Street Project is not an end in itself,” says Rev. Jackson, “nor a means to an ...
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Rev Jesse Jackson Bio (1941-) Rainbow PUSH Coalition The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. On August 9, 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Reverend Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Reverend Jackson has been called the “Conscience of the Natio...
Jesse Jackson Fast Facts Personal Birth place: Greenville, South Carolina Birth name: Jesse Louis Burns Father: Noah Robinson, cotton grader Mother: Helen (Burns) Jackson, hairdresser Marriage: Jacqueline Lavinia (Brown) Jackson (December 31, 1962-present) Children: with Karin Stanford: Ashley (May 1999); with Jacqueline: Jacqueline Jackson (September 2, 1975); Yusef (September 26, 1970); Jonathan (January 7, 1966); Jesse Jr. (March 11, 1965); Santita (July 16, 1963) Education: North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University, Greensboro, 1964, B.A. – Sociology; Chicago Theological ...