Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Baptist minister, civil rights activist and protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. who founded People United to Save Humanity (Operation PUSH) in 1971 and organized the Rainbow Coalition in 1984, has announced that he's retiring as president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition — a merger of the two which he's led since 1996.
Jackson made mention of this move during a live stream on July 8 saying, "I'm going to make a transition pretty soon," and news of his official departure circulated on Friday. "I've been doing this stuff for 64 years. I was 18 years old," Jackson said in a quote obtained from CNN, adding that he'll find a replacement to carry on from here.
