Chicagoans come out in droves to visit Rev. Jesse Jackson one last time

More than a week of services and funerals in memory of Rev. Jesse Jackson began Thursday at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights organization he founded on the South Side in 1971.

More than a week of services and funerals in memory of Rev. Jesse Jackson will begin Thursday at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the civil rights organization he founded on the South Side in 1971. The Rev. Jesse Jackson advocated for the people. They came in droves to visit him one last time. Marcus Jones had left his house in Calumet City in the dark and arrived at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters not long after 7 a.m. He'd come "to be a part of history," on the first day of public visitations for the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Read Story Related articles: Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in state at the South Carolina State House in Columbia Rev. Jesse Jackson was a 'giant figure in the world,' but he stayed rooted in Illinois A titan of civil rights: Remembering Rev. Jesse L. Jackson © Copyright 2026 Chicago Tribune. All rights reserved. 1000 Albion Avenue | Schaumburg, IL 60193-4549 Unsubscribe