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Rev. Jesse Jackson handing the reins of Rainbow/PUSH to Dallas pastor
Chicago Tribune ^ | 7/15/23 | Darcel Rockett, Robert Channick

Posted on 07/15/2023 10:49:45 AM PDT by Libloather

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease eight years ago, is stepping down from the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization he founded through its predecessor, Operation PUSH, more than 50 years ago.

After ceding day-to-day operations last year, Jackson, 81, is formally handing the reins to his successor, the Rev. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, a senior pastor of friendship at West Baptist Church in Dallas. Haynes’ appointment is expected to be announced this weekend at the annual Rainbow/PUSH convention, sources said Friday.

Haynes said it’s an honor to be chosen for this role. “I confess that when he first approached me about doing this, I was blown away,” he said.

Haynes said he has long been a student and follower of Jackson’s. “One of the things that I am quick to say is that of all of the degrees I may have, I must also confess that I’ve studied at the University of Jesse Jackson,” he said. “I first heard him as a college student at Bishop College in Dallas, Texas, and I was just blown away because I was trying to find my way in ministry. ... Through the years, my formation in justice work had everything to do with Rev. Jackson.”

With the new leadership in place, Jackson is quick to admit his future plans.

“I’m not retiring at all,” Jackson said Friday. “I want to focus a lot more on economic justice, peace in the world. I’m just pivoting to a different platform.”

According to Jackson, pivoting means he will spend the majority of this time teaching about “how to fight the nonviolent fight” when it comes to injustice.

“I want to teach more, all what I’ve learned, to other preachers: How do you fight the nonviolent fight...

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: chicago; dallas; frederickhaynes; jackson; jacksoncrimefamily; jesse; pastor
Way to go JJ! Milked it for all it was worth. Is the new pastor pro-tranny? Better be. How about BLM approved? This could get rough.
1 posted on 07/15/2023 10:49:45 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather
the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the influential Chicago-based civil rights organization racist race-baiting grift organization he founded
2 posted on 07/15/2023 10:56:35 AM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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To: Libloather

This means the poverty pimp is going to croak soon.

The “Reverend” Jackson will have many opportunities to pimp out souls in his new destination of hell.

The Succubus are waiting, soon to follow “Reverend” Al Sharpton. /spit


3 posted on 07/15/2023 11:02:04 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Libloather

Operation Shake Down Whitey


4 posted on 07/15/2023 11:05:57 AM PDT by wetgundog
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To: Libloather

Whenever the “Reverend” is mentioned, I hear it as Rush would have enunciated it.


5 posted on 07/15/2023 11:14:41 AM PDT by CletusVanDamme (The breaking point will be reached soon. )
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To: Libloather

Blackmail Push


6 posted on 07/15/2023 11:17:24 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: EastTexasTraveler
Only incidentally anything other than a racial extortion racket.

His outfit's main income was "contributions" from big companies threatened with accusations of racial discrimination. Unlike lesser race hustlers, he always really did have them dead to rights with something legally actionable. In effect he sold licenses to discriminate.

So Jesse Jackson made money as a race hustler while betraying his supposed cause.

7 posted on 07/15/2023 11:18:03 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Libloather

I’m in D/FW and I can tell you that Frederick Douglass Haynes III is every bit as bad as Jackson, if not a LOT worse. He is the epitome of a race hustler of the worst sort, the type that preaches the message of government goodies for the permanently downtrodden in his black community while living high on the hog as a “prosperity” huckster.


8 posted on 07/15/2023 11:24:01 AM PDT by fwdude (Conservatism isn't just an ingredient you can add to a sh*t stew & call it good. It's comprehensive.)
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To: CletusVanDamme
Whenever the “Reverend” is mentioned, I hear it as Rush would have enunciated it.

LOL! Don't we all.

9 posted on 07/15/2023 11:24:49 AM PDT by fwdude (Conservatism isn't just an ingredient you can add to a sh*t stew & call it good. It's comprehensive.)
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To: Libloather

Must be some legal troubles coming down the pike. I’d turn this job down, if it were me.
Successful grifters never give up the grift, until the house of cards is weakening, and they need a patsy.


10 posted on 07/15/2023 11:31:11 AM PDT by Fireone (Trump won.)
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To: Libloather

Jesse Hijackson.


11 posted on 07/15/2023 12:27:10 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Racist, Racer baiter, and race opportunist Jessie Jackson…
NOW it reads correctly.


12 posted on 07/15/2023 12:27:29 PM PDT by GrumpyOldGuy
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To: Fireone

My thought too...how soon till his grift operation collapses?


13 posted on 07/15/2023 12:57:20 PM PDT by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy...and call it progress" )
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To: Fireone

But maybe the Parkinson’s is progressing and now he just wants to retire?

Proverbs 12
12 ¶ The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

Reflect on the first part of this verse...


14 posted on 07/15/2023 1:58:28 PM PDT by mbj
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To: Libloather

Jackson probably picked the most radical option I’m sure.


15 posted on 07/15/2023 1:59:55 PM PDT by toddausauras (Trump Lake 2024....Go down swinging!)
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To: Libloather

Lifetime Antisemite and racebater.


16 posted on 07/15/2023 2:14:30 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Sold out his Pro- Life position to.


17 posted on 07/15/2023 2:25:47 PM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! AMERICA FIRST! DEATH TO MARXISM AND GLOBALISM! )
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To: Libloather

Race hustler passes the baton.


18 posted on 07/15/2023 3:25:03 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
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To: mbj

Yeah, except he said he’s not retiring.


19 posted on 07/15/2023 7:54:08 PM PDT by Fireone (Trump won.)
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