Here’s an updated list of events surrounding the centennial of the “Mother Road” in Springfield!
The best part — children and adults got to leave with free books.
February is Black History Month.
Jackson will still lie in repose next week at the Chicago headquarters of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition with a public celebration of life and homegoing services to follow.
The center has not met an $8.9 million fundraising goal.
The flags will remain at half-staff until sunset on Saturday, February 28.
Speech was light on budget details, but full of criticism of Trump administration.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was known not just as a tireless advocate for the Civil Rights Movement but as one of its most dynamic orators.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was profiled by The Associated Press when he was a 41-year-old civil rights activist preparing his historic 1984 campaign for the presidency.
Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades.