Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies
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Many New York leaders are sharing their thoughts after famed civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday morning.
Civil rights activist and Baptist minister the Rev. Al Sharpton is scheduled to speak at a worship service set for 7 p.m. Thursday in Antioch Baptist Church, 1327 Fillmore Ave.,
Reverend Al Sharpton doesn’t mince words. When I sat down with him for an interview, he offered a warning—and a roadmap. “Donald Trump didn’t sneak in the back door,” he told me. “He came in through the front—with birtherism as his key.”
On the heels of Jimmy Kimmel‘s suspension at ABC, President Donald Trump is now taking aim at MSNBC host Rev. Al Sharpton. On his Truth Social platform, Trump shared a decades-old image of Sharpton and recounted their long history as New York City ...
In states including South Carolina, where Mr. Jackson was born, and Illinois, officials also ordered flags to be flown at half-staff.
The Rev. Al Sharpton memorialized his mentor and late civil right rights leader the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson by recalling how he called him into purpose. “He trusted me with responsibility and saw something in me before I fully saw it in myself.