Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. on the CATS Roundtable Radio Show

About Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr. , founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, is one of America’s foremost civil rights, religious and political figures. Over the past forty years, he has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement for empowerment, peace, civil rights, gender equality, and economic and social justice. On August 9, 2000, President Bill Clinton awarded Reverend Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. Reverend Jackson began his theological studies at Chicago Theological Seminary but set aside his studies when he began working full-time in the Civil Rights Movement with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1965, he became a full-time organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He was soon appointed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to direct the Operation Breadbasket program. In December of 1971, Reverend Jackson founded Operation PUSH (People United to Serve Humanity) in Chicago, IL. The goals of Operation PUSH were economic empowerment and expanding educational, business and employment opportunities for the disadvantaged and people of color. REverend Jacckso is in New York this week February 15-17, 2017 RAINBOW PUSH COALITION & CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION FUND 20th Annual Wall Street Project Economic Summit