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Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a civil rights activist was the founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the product of a merger of civil rights organizations in which Jackson was involved. Based on Chicago's South Side, Rainbow/PUSH helps to finance Jackson's progressive social movement, including marches and residents' discrimination and housing complaints. In 1971, Jackson founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) in Chicago to expand opportunities for the black population. In 1984, he founded the National Rainbow Coalition, a social justice organization based in Washington. The groups merged in 1996, with headquarters at 930 E. 50th St. Jackson twice ran for the Democratic presidentia...
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a civil rights activist was the founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the product of a merger of civil rights organizations in which Jackson was involved. Based on Chicago's South Side, Rainbow/PUSH helps to finance Jackson's progressive social movement, including marches and residents' discrimination and housing complaints. In 1971, Jackson founded Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) in Chicago to expand opportunities for the black population. In 1984, he founded the National Rainbow Coalition, a social justice organization based in Washington. The groups merged in 1996, with headquarters at 930 E. 50th St. Jackson twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination-in 1984 and 1988-raising the nation's political debate about economic and social justice for minorities and the disaffected. His son, Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr., represents the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois.
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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
5 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Greg Jarrett 7:09 a.m. Professor Paul Green stops by to talk politics. Topics on the chalkboard include Governor Quinn rumored to be laying-off thousands of state workers to President Obama’s upcoming jobs speech. 7:49 a.m. ...Tags: Illinois Governor, Chicago Cubs, Tony Campana, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Barack Obama
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Professor Paul Green's 'Final Four'
Staff reporterThe Professor shares his top four mayoral candidates. 1. Tom Dart 2. Rahm Emanuel 3. Jesse Jackson Jr. 4. Lisa Madigan To hear more Paul Green on Daley's retirement visit: Paul Green PodcastTags: Lisa Madigan, Paul Green
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Scott's death ruled suicide, but cops continue to investigate
WGN NewsCHICAGO - The death of Chicago school board president Michael Scott has been ruled a suicide by the Cook County medical examiner's office, but police said this afternoon they are continuing to look into the death and that detectives are still "early on in...Tags: Regional Authority, Richard M. Daley, Jane Byrne, 2016 Olympic Games, Harold Washington
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Fed probe widens to Senate vacancy
Tribune staff reportersA three-year federal corruption investigation of pay-to-play politics in Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration has expanded to include his impending selection of a new U.S. senator to succeed President-elect Barack Obama, the Tribune has learned. Federal...Tags: Regional Authority, Local Elections, Politics, Heads of State, Barack Obama
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Wake Held For Koko Taylor
(WGN-AM)- Hundreds of mourners turned out Thursday at a music-filled wake and memorial service for Chicago blues icon Koko Taylor, whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the nickname "Queen of the Blues." Among those who paid tribute to Taylor...Tags: Surgery, Radio Industry, Entertainment, Memphis, Richard M. Daley
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FBI Sets Up Command Center At Burr Oak
(WGN-AM)- FBI officials said today that they held out little hope of identifying the remains of all of the bodies found at Burr Oak Cemetery as they began the arduous process of tracking down desecrated graves this morning.
The FBI set up a mobile...Tags: Forestry and Timber, Prosecution, Dan Hynes, Human Body, Chicago Tribune
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Funeral Directors Overwhelmed With Calls After Burr Oak Revelations
(WGN-AM)- Funeral directors dealing with the aftermath of the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal told a newly created task force Thursday that victims are besieging them for death records and that cemeteries across the state must be better regulated. "We've...Tags: Cook County, Funeral Parlor and Crematorium, Harvey, Chicago Tribune, Career and Workplace
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Legislature Leaves Springfield, Without Cemetery Reforms
(WGN-AM)- State lawmakers left the State Capitol until the fall without addressing promised reforms of the cemetery industry spurred by the discoveries of disinterred remains at the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip and political jockeying in the 2010 governor's...Tags: Regional Authority, Cook County, Crimes, Politics, Executive Branch
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Fans Pour In For Michael Jackson Memorial In Gary
(WGN-AM)- Hundreds of Michael Jackson fans are pouring into the U.S. Steel Yard ballpark in Gary for a public memorial for the hometown hero scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Friday. Friends Paige and Brittany Thompkins and Natalie and Allison Fulton drove in...Tags: Michael Jackson, Entertainment, Death, Los Angeles, Chicago Tribune
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U.S. House Supports Chicago's Olympics Bid
(WGN-AM)- The House of Representatives Friday threw its support behind Chicago's bid to host the 2016 summer Olympic games. That puts Congress on record for an international contest that will be settled in October. "The city of big shoulders is ready to...Tags: 2016 Olympic Games, Sports, Sports Organizations, Judy Biggert, International Olympic Committee
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From governors to presidents and "guinea pigs" to dogs, John Williams reads them all
Karl Rove and President George Bush had a contest to see who could read the most books in a year. Around six months in, they were both approaching 90 books. Ninety! The tally was on a card kept by the President's secretary. (Rove suggested they keep count...Tags: Politics, Karl Rove, Executive Branch, Rod Blagojevich, Jimmy Carter
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Rob Blagojevich says he no longer trusts justice system
WGN NewsThe brother of Illinois’ latest disgraced governor told a room full of lawyers Thursday, he no longer trusts the government or the justice system. As a former army man, Robert Blagojevich said he always sided with the government, that’s...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Rod Blagojevich
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