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Rainbow Push CEO Rev. Haynes III Resigns After 3 Months On The Job

Three months after being formally appointed as CEO of Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH, Pastor Frederick Haynes III has resigned.  Haynes, 63, confirmed to The...

CNN Ignores ‘Moral’ Issue in Refusing to Meet with NABJ

NABJ President Sarah Glover said she’s stunned that CNN canceled a planned meeting to discuss the importance of diversity and Black representation within the...

Viewpoints: White Churches Have A Moral Responsibility To Stand Up

In 2019, we will commemorate 400 years since the first 20 slaves were transported by ship from Africa by white slave traders and landed...

ON SOLID GROUND

By Rev. Jesse Jackson , Jr. Chicago Defender  Contributing Writer                       “That decision changed the…

Stop The Violence Music Video Sends A Serious Message

Chicago is experiencing the highest number of homicides and victims of gun violence in over two decades. The victims are mostly Black males between the…

CTU Rally Unites Thousands: Signs of the Times

  An overwhelming display of organizational manpower was in effect around the city on Friday, April 1 when the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) executed a…

Local Atlanta and national dignitaries celebrate Julian Bond's legendary life

ATLANTA -- Local and national dignitaries began pouring in accolades to celebrate the life of legendary Civil Rights leader Julian Bond, who passed away...

Civil Rights legends vow to fight to restore Voting Rights Act of 1965

ATLANTA -- It was the rarest of sights: Three generations of civil rights leaders convened at the Wheat Street Baptist Church to commemorate the 50th...

Rev. Jesse Jackson slams President Obama for 'failing' black people

The Rev. Jesse Jackson delivered a very negative assessment of President Obama as he inventoried the first black Commander-in-Chief's work with the African American...

Rev. Jesse Jackson: from symbol to substance, is a new South coming?

“It is time to move the flag from the capitol grounds.” With those words, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley captured the new understanding that came...

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