Tributes flood the timeline for Rev. Jesse Jackson as he steps down as president of the civil rights organization that he founded in 1971.
Civil Rights organization Rainbow PUSH Coalition enters a new era after Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. steps down. Meet President Rev. Dr. Haynes III! Text “RICKEY” to 71007 to join the Rickey Smiley Morning Show mobile club for exclusive news. (Terms and conditions). Jackson officially introduced his successor, Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, at the […]
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition is the product of a social justice movement that grew out of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s (SCLC) Operation Breadbasket. Founded by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Operation Breadbasket sought to combine theology and social justice, and to effect progressive economic, educational, and social policy in America. In 1966, Dr. […]
