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Jesse Jackson steps down at age 81 from leadership of Rainbow PUSH Coalition he founded 50 years ago [1]
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Date: 2023-07-16
Jesse Jackson has been my hero since before I could even understand why. He is now 81, in a wheelchair with Parkinson’s disease, stepping down from the civil rights organization he founded 50 amazing years ago! Jesse Jackson resigning
I’m pretty choked up thinking about losing him, same as I am thinking about Jimmy Carter, and those who have already gone on like John Lewis, Harry Bellafonte, so many, so so many whose greatness helped shaped my world understanding. I guess I’m just sad tonight. But take a quick gander at this link. Just remember how great this guy is.
His parting words from the organization, spoken quietly with great difficulty at this point in contrast to the fiery voice he once stirred us with, remind us of his great chant, “I Am…Somebody!”
“I am somebody,” he said. “Green or yellow, brown, Black or white, we’re all perfect in God’s eyes. Everybody is somebody. Stop the violence. Save the children. Keep hope alive.”
Has it really been this long that we have been fighting just for recognition that people are all somebody? Oh dear God, can’t we at least grant each other that?
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