"My late husband, who passed last May, worked very closely with Reverend Jackson and Rainbow/Push many years earlier, you know, in his life, before he took ill. Watts had turned out in her husband's memory and also just in recognition of all the work that Reverend Jackson and his organization have done for our people, for our country as well, just remembering 'I am somebody' and keep hope alive'."
"Jackson only retired in 2023 from the Rainbow/Push Coalition that was a merger of two non-profit organizations he founded to focus on civil rights and political activism—stepping aside through ill health after more than six decades in national and international racial and social justice movements."
Jesse Jackson, the prominent civil rights leader, passed away on February 17 at age 84. His body lay in repose at Rainbow/Push Coalition headquarters in Chicago on Friday, drawing hundreds of visitors spanning multiple generations—from elderly retired professors to high school students. Among attendees was Marva Watts, 85, whose late husband worked closely with Jackson and Rainbow/Push. Watts attended to honor both her husband's memory and Jackson's decades of civil rights work. Jackson retired in 2023 from Rainbow/Push, an organization merging two nonprofits he founded to advance civil rights and political activism. On Saturday, Jackson's body traveled to South Carolina, his birth state, for additional services before his Monday funeral.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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