{"id":599996,"date":"2026-02-19T02:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/599996\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T02:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T02:14:11","slug":"chicago-funeral-arrangements-set-for-jesse-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/599996\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago funeral arrangements set for Jesse Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"

A day after the Rev. Jesse Jackson\u2019s death<\/a>, officials with the Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition announced funeral arrangements for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and presidential candidate.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 25, 2026<\/p>\n

Public visitation at Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition
Location: 930 E 50th St, Chicago, IL 60615
Time: 10:00 AM \u2013 9:00 PM<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 26, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

Public visitation at Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition
Location: 930 E 50th St, Chicago, IL 60615
Time: 10:00 AM \u2013 6:00 PM<\/p>\n

Friday, February 27<\/p>\n

The People\u2019s Celebration at House of Hope
Location: 752 E 114th St, Chicago, IL 60628
10:00 AM \u2013 2:00 PM
Time: Doors Open at 9:00 AM<\/p>\n

Saturday, February 28<\/p>\n

Homegoing Services at Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition
Location: 930 E 50th St, Chicago, IL 60615
10:00 AM \u2013 2:00 PM
Time: Doors Open at 9:00 AM<\/p>\n

Jackson\u2019s son, Jesse Jackson Jr., said at a Wednesday morning news conference that everyone of all political leanings are welcome to attend the services because his life \u201cis broad enough to cover the full spectrum of what it means to be an American.\u201d But he asked that attendees be respectful.<\/p>\n

\u201cDad would have wanted us to have a great meeting to discuss our differences, to find ways of moving forward and moving together,\u201d he said. \u201cIf his life becomes a turning point in our national political discourse \u2014 Amen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The founder of the Kenwood-based Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition died Tuesday<\/a> morning at 84, \u201cpeacefully\u201d and \u201csurrounded by his family.\u201d His health has been in decline for years, and he recently spent weeks in the hospital<\/a> for progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disorder.<\/p>\n

Tributes from across the city and country poured in Tuesday, from all walks of life. Neighbors and friends remembered him<\/a> for his \u201cgenerous\u201d personality, while local politicians said he was an inspiration<\/a>. Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson ordered public buildings across the city and state to fly flags at half-staff.<\/p>\n

Yusef Jackson called his father Wednesday a \u201clion among lions\u201d who dedicated his life to public service to make the nation better, the world more just and people better neighbors.<\/p>\n

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A titan of civil rights: Remembering Rev. Jesse L. Jackson<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cRev. Jackson would say \u2018it is my religion that makes me political, not my politics that makes me religious,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cWe, his family, and the many others touched by him, inspired by him, are left obligated to continue his work to make our nation a better place for all.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Baptist minister born in South Carolina, Jackson was a prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who participated in the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches. He continued the fight for social justice and civil rights through the coalition and campaigned twice unsuccessfully for president. He stepped down as the president of Rainbow\/PUSH in 2023.<\/p>\n

Tribune columnist Steve Daley called him in 1990 a \u201cpolitical force of nature\u201d who is both an \u201celoquent voice for the dispossessed and a relentless manipulator of events and issues, hopscotching from coal strike to South Africa to statehood for the District of Columbia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A day after the Rev. Jesse Jackson\u2019s death, officials with the Rainbow\/PUSH Coalition announced funeral arrangements for the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":599997,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[960,5386,1818,23394,258499,258498,258500,258496,258497,39983,203288,258501],"class_list":{"0":"post-599996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-chicago","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-illinois","11":"tag-jesse-jackson","12":"tag-jesse-jackson-cause-of-death","13":"tag-jesse-jackson-death","14":"tag-jesse-jackson-died","15":"tag-jesse-jackson-funeral","16":"tag-jessie-jackson","17":"tag-martin-luther-king","18":"tag-rev-jesse-jackson","19":"tag-when-did-jesse-jackson-die"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116094885579761012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}