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Homegoing Celebration at Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Location: 930 E. 50th St., Chicago, IL 60615
Doors open: 8 a.m.
Service: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Limited capacity<\/p>\nRolling street closures on Friday will take place between 111th Street and 115th Street., Chicago OEMC said.<\/p>\n
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Jackson mantra ‘I am somebody’ pervades celebration of life<\/p>\n
Rev. Jesse Jackson’s mantra, “I am somebody,” has pervaded his celebration of life.<\/p>\n
Friday’s service wrapped its arms around everybody gathering to celebrate a life well-lived.<\/p>\n
Rev. Jesse Jackson’s mantra, ‘I am somebody,’ has pervaded his celebration of life.<\/p>\n
Many of the speakers expressed their sorrow at Jackson’s passing, but it was a joyous occasion, with music and clapping filling the church.<\/p>\n
As the last of the crowds walked away, a rainbow emerged through the clouds: a fitting symbol of the reverend’s mission to bring light and hope.<\/p>\n
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Mar 06, 2026, 11:53 PM GMT<\/p>\n
Mourners reflected while leaving Jesse Jackson’s service Friday<\/p>\n
Mourners reflected while leaving Jesse Jackson’s service Friday.<\/p>\n
“I got engaged in community advocacy and moved to Michigan; there he was again fighting for economic parity in the automotive industry. And so it’s a historical time,” Gwen Thomas said. “Rev. Jesse Jackson served the people. He was of the people all the time.”<\/p>\n
Mourners reflected while leaving Jesse Jackson’s service Friday.<\/p>\n
“I felt the energy, the positive energy going. That’s very important; our generation keeps the power and movement going so we can have a better future for everyone that comes behind us,” Shulane Fedrick said.<\/p>\n
“There was a common theme throughout everybody who spoke, and that theme was hope. That theme was continuing the work that Jesse Jackson laid the foundation for us to stand on his shoulders and go out there and continue to help change lives in our community,” Minister DeAndre Hawthorne said.<\/p>\n
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Mar 06, 2026, 11:39 PM GMT<\/p>\n
Mourners lined up early Friday morning to pay respects to local icon<\/p>\n
Mourners lined up early Friday morning to pay respects to local icon Jesse Jackson.<\/p>\n
Mourners lined up early Friday morning to pay respects to local icon Jesse Jackson.<\/p>\n
“I’m so determined to be here, to go through all this effort, because I was an activist for peace and non-violence, and when Dr. King got assassinated, I joined Operation PUSH the following week,” Angelete Carroll said. “In 1981, we marched on Washington to legalize Dr. King’s birthday.”<\/p>\n
Many also said they want to continue the work Jackson started.
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Mar 06, 2026, 11:11 PM GMT<\/p>\n
Local, national, world leaders honor Jackson’s legacy<\/p>\n
Local, national and world leaders honored Jackson’s legacy in a moving celebration of life.<\/p>\n
They touched on how Jackson helped to reshape the political landscape.<\/p>\n
Local, national and world leaders honored Jackson’s legacy.<\/p>\n
Hundreds of dignitaries, including current and former elected and community leaders, came to pay their respects.<\/p>\n
Three members of the Daley family were among those escorted in a side entrance reserved for VIPs.<\/p>\n
Former Mayr Lori Lightfoot was also there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team Last updated: Saturday, March 7, 2026 4:22AM GMT CHICAGO (WLS) — The life of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":622086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[266189,960,245,266187,266188,5386,1818,258498,251,203288,203289,266186],"class_list":{"0":"post-638382","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-266189","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-children","11":"tag-funeral-arrangements","12":"tag-funeral-schedule","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-illinois","15":"tag-jesse-jackson-death","16":"tag-kids","17":"tag-rev-jesse-jackson","18":"tag-reverend-jesse-jackson","19":"tag-when-is-jesse-jackson-funeral"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116187244273325604","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638382","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=638382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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