Rainbow/PUSH

American non-profit organization

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📌 Topics

Civil Rights (3)
Social Justice (3)
Political Transformation (1)
Political Leadership (1)
Legacy (1)

🏷️ Keywords

Jesse Jackson (3) · Operation PUSH (3) · Civil Rights (2) · Martin Luther King Jr. (2) · Rainbow/PUSH Coalition (2) · Chicago politics (1) · Civil rights leader (1) · Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1) · Social justice (1) · Community organizing (1) · Political legacy (1) · African American (1) · Presidential Candidate (1) · Social Activist (1) · Death (1) · Activist (1) · Social Justice (1)

📖 Key Information

Rainbow/PUSH is an American nonprofit organization formed as a merger of two nonprofit organizations founded by Jesse Jackson; Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) and the National Rainbow Coalition. The organizations pursue social justice, civil rights, and political activism. In December 1971, Jackson resigned from Operation Breadbasket after clashing with Ralph Abernathy and founded Operation PUSH. In 1984, Jackson founded the National Rainbow Coalition.

📰 Related News (3)

🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson Changed Chicago. And It Changed Him. (2026-02-17)
Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in Chicago,” one longtime organize...
🇺🇸 Jesse Jackson's civil rights legacy (2026-02-17)
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr., died at 84, his family said. Antjuan Seawright, a Democratic strate...
🇺🇸 Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson dies at age 84 (2026-02-17)
Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at age 84, his family has announced. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe looks back at Jackson's legacy....

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