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Simmons College to Create Jesse Jackson Center for Racial Justice
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Simmons College to Create Jesse Jackson Center for Racial Justice

Mark Wingfield, Baptist News GlobalApril 7, 2023

On the 55th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, Simmons College of Kentucky announced a new $2 million initiative on racial justice. College President Kevin Cosby announced the gift from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation during a service at St. Stephen Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky. The centerpiece of the initiative will be creation of The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. Center for Racial Justice.

COMMENTARY: Collision Course (Part 2)
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COMMENTARY: Collision Course (Part 2)

Gregg Reese, Contributor | Our Weekly NewsNovember 23, 2022

“Although I have no personal knowledge of when Dr. King died, I fully support the research of Dr. William Pepper, who has established that King’s life was terminated at the hospital. His research came through a credible witness, Johnton Shelby, whose mother personally witnessed the event. According to these sources, King did not die immediately, but shortly after being shot and transported to the hospital, when he was smothered to death with a pillow by the head surgeon, Dr. Breen Bland.” — Phillip F. Nelson, author of “Who REALLY Killed Martin Luther King,” in an interview with Our Weekly.

Tensions Flare in Arbery Death Trial as Jesse Jackson Visits
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Tensions Flare in Arbery Death Trial as Jesse Jackson Visits

Russ Bynum, AP NewsNovember 18, 2021

A judge denied mistrial requests on Monday at the trial of three white men charged with murdering Ahmaud Arbery after defense attorneys claimed jurors were tainted by weeping from the gallery where the slain Black man’s parents sat with the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Scientific community must reach out to African Americans to bolster confidence in vaccine
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Scientific community must reach out to African Americans to bolster confidence in vaccine

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.January 14, 2021

What’s clear is that the scientific community and community leaders must reach out and work hard to ensure that African Americans gain the confidence to get vaccinated. This won’t be easy. But with the leadership of Dr. Corbett and others, and with a new administration getting serious about providing the resources for mass vaccination and for outreach into the communities most impacted, lives can be saved.

Myths and lies about poverty
Rev. Jesse Jackson

Myths and lies about poverty

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.September 17, 2020

No doubt, some will always be wealthier than others. We wouldn’t want to live in a society that forced all to be equal. But poverty isn’t inevitable. The 30 million people in America who lived in poverty even before the pandemic when unemployment was at record lows needn’t exist in that state. 

On Juneteenth: A Call for Tech to Act to Combat Racial Inequality
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On Juneteenth: A Call for Tech to Act to Combat Racial Inequality

June 20, 2020

6:19-8:46: Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make transparent, measurable commitments to fighting systemic racial injustice”Jesse Jackson’s PUSHTech2020 and the UK-based Colorintech launches a call for the tech Industry to make transparent, measurable commitments to fighting systemic racial injustice Today (June 19, 2020), on Juneteenth, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and its tech initiative, PUSHTech2020 along with the UK-based Colorintech issue this call to tech leaders and companies to make pledge of commitment to secure justice for George Floyd and other victims of police killings, and align themselves with the quest for civil and human rights and