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*Detroit’s new emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, hasn’t been the most popular figure of the city since his appointment to take over the finances. The Rev. Jesse Jackson decided to join the fight in kicking him out because he says the appointment by the state is unconstitutional because it totally dismisses local control. The state appointed Orr [...]
*The Rev. Jesse Jackson has been arrested in a group of protesting northern Illinois workers during an act of civil disobedience in Freeport, Ill. Michael Peery, a spokesman for Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, tells The Associated Press that Jackson was taken into custody Wednesday with about a dozen workers. He is expected to be released later [...]
*Thursday at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood hills the world paused for a moment to remember Soul Train creator Don Cornelius. The Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke highly of the iconic trendsetter as did others. The memorial service was attended by hundreds of celebrities, friends, family and former “Soul Train” dancers. Other speakers included Smokey Robinson [...]
*Muhammad Ali was among the nearly 4,000 people who packed the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church in Philadelphia for a two-hour “joyful celebration” of Joe Frazier’s life. The boxer died last week of liver cancer; he was 67. Frazier’s championship belt and a pair of gloves were draped over his casket. The Rev. Jesse Jackson asked [...]
*Twitter lit up overnight with false reports that legendary entertainer Ruby Dee, and not Heavy D, had died yesterday. Jeffrey Leavitt, representative for the 87-year-old stage and screen star, corrected the false reports on Wednesday. Dee’s rumored death apparently resulted from confusion between her name and that of Heavy D, the popular rapper who died [...]
*Rev. Jesse Jackson is weighing in on the Libya debate, telling an audience in Ireland that he has apprehensions about the excessive use of international military force in the country and other parts of the Middle East. Addressing the Trinity College Historical Society in Dublin on Tuesday (March 22), Jackson said he was very concerned [...]
*In an interview with The Associated Press, U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has largely avoided the public eye of late, said he is a public servant, not a perfect one, and didn’t rule out a future run at higher office. Jackson, who has been dogged by links to the corruption case against former Illinois [...]
*Newly-released internal e-mails indicate that Agriculture Department officials did not have all the facts last summer when they demanded the resignation of Shirley Sherrod after learning of a video that painted her as a racist. Peter Nicolas and Kathleen Hennessey of the Los Angeles Times reports… The day after Sherrod’s ouster, even as USDA officials acknowledged [...]
*Comedian Bill Cosby and the Rev. Jesse Jackson joined syndicated radio personality Rickey Smiley in Detroit Thursday for the city’s second annual Back to School parade and rally downtown. Scores of parents, teachers and kids sporting blue “I’m In” T-shirts marched along Woodward in a parade that culminated with the rally at Hart Plaza, reports [...]
*In addition to the previously announced Gospel Music Channel salute to Walter Hawkins, the Word Network will also air the farewell tribute on Saturday July 24, 2010 at 4:30 pm ET. As part of The Jazzpel with Eric J. Chambers, several gospel artists will sing some of the legend’s greatest hits like “Marvelous,” “He’s that [...]
*NBA Commissioner David Stern hit Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert with a $100,000 fine for his scathing post-“Decision” remarks against LeBron James posted Thursday at the team’s Web site. And while he was at it, Stern also took time to criticize Rev. Jesse Jackson for suggesting Gilbert’s comments reflect a “property-owner’s mentality.” [Watch Stern's press [...]
*The Reverend Jesse Jackson joined members of a prominent environmental group in calling for a nationwide boycott of BP, claiming the company is not moving fast enough to clean up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Jackson and protesters from the Sierra Club were part of a picket line at a BP station [...]
*The Rev. Jesse Jackson sent a letter Monday to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to protest the new immigration law in Arizona by yanking the 2011 All-Star Game from the state’s Diamondback Stadium. Below is the letter sent to Selig: Dear Bud, The Rainbow PUSH Coalition appeals to Major League Baseball to take a [...]
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