Rev. Jesse Jackson Resigns as Rainbow PUSH President
Twitter Salutes Rev. Jesse Jackson Following Step Down From Rainbow PUSH Coalition
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Several tributes to Rev. Jesse Jackson have been pouring in since he announced his resignation as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
The 81-year-old revealed over the weekend that he is stepping down from the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded in 1971. As reported by the Associated Press. he gave a farewell address during the organization’s annual convention.
The group, which will now be led by Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes of Dallas’ Friendship-West Baptist Church, paid tribute to Rev. Jackson with songs, remarks, and a video montage during the convention.
The tributes kept coming on social media well into Monday. You can catch some of those tributes below.
