Reverend Jesse Jackson's Funeral: Tributes and Speakers
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Chicago honors civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson with funeral services starting Friday, featuring former presidents, politicians, and celebrities. The first event, the Peoples Celebration, begins at eleven a.m. at House of Hope, with open seating and live streaming online. Speakers include Mayor Brandon Johnson, Governor J.B. Pritzker, and gospel artists Bebe Winans and Marvin Winans. The Homegoing Celebration of Life follows on Saturday at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, with performances by Grammy winner Marvin Sapp and R&B singer Terisa Griffin. Jackson, a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., founded Operation PUSH and the Rainbow Coalition, and ran for president twice in the nineteen-eighties, leaving a significant impact on American history.
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