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SR0618 • 2026
MEMORIAL-REV. JESSE JACKSON
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MEMORIAL-REV.
Resolution Adopted
Filed with Secretary
Co-Sponsor All Senators
Referred to Resolutions Consent Calendar
MEMORIAL-REV. JESSE JACKSON
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Full Text of SR0618 Home Legislation Full Text SR0618 - 104th General Assembly Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Select Menu Bill Status Full Text Votes Witness Slips Printer Friendly Version Introduced Printer Friendly Version Introduced Open PDF SR0618 LRB104 20858 MST 34496 r 1 SENATE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights icon 3 who battled alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., negotiated 4 global hostage releases, and shamed corporations for their 5 lack of corporate diversity and failure to support voting 6 rights, passed away on February 17, 2026 at the age of 84; and 7 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson was born in Greenville, South 8 Carolina in 1941 and attended a segregated high school; and 9 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson's rise to prominence began in 1960 10 at the age of 18 when he and seven other men were arrested for 11 protesting segregation at their town's public library; and 12 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson, by 1965, had marched alongside Dr. 13 King and others from Selma to Montgomery to push for Black 14 voting rights, and by 1967, he was running operations for Dr. 15 King's Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 16 Chicago, the city that would become his home; and 17 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson was just feet away from Dr. King 18 when he was assassinated in 1968; and 19 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson guided the SCLC's Operation 20 Breadbasket use of boycotts and public attention to pressure SR0618 - 2 - LRB104 20858 MST 34496 r 1 companies to hire more Black workers; and 2 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson earned his divinity degree after 3 being ordained a minister in 1968; and 4 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson traveled to Syria in 1983 to 5 negotiate the release of an American pilot shot down over 6 Lebanon, and the next summer, he negotiated the release of 22 7 Americans and 26 political prisoners from Cuba after meeting 8 with former dictator Fidel Castro; and 9 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson founded the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition 10 and ran for president as a Democrat in 1984 and 1988, 11 energizing and registering millions of Black voters; and 12 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson opposed the pending invasion of Iraq 13 in 1990 and negotiated the release of hundreds of people who 14 Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had threatened to use as human 15 shields, and then in 1999, he won the release of three U.S. 16 POWs during the Kosovo War; and 17 WHEREAS, Rev. Jackson was awarded the Presidential Medal 18 of Freedom in 2000 by President Bill Clinton for his decades of 19 work to make the world a better place; therefore, be it 20 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL SR0618 - 3 - LRB104 20858 MST 34496 r 1 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 2 Rev. Jesse Jackson and extend our sincere condolences to his 3 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 4 further 5 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 6 presented to the family of Rev. Jackson as a symbol of our 7 deepest sympathy. Footer Disclaimer This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. By continuing to browse ILGA.gov you consent to our use of cookies. Read About Cookies ILGA.GOV 2026 ILGA.gov | All Rights Reserved | ADA | Disclaimers | Learn This site is maintained for the Illinois General Assembly by the Legislative Information System, 705 Stratton Building, Springfield, Illinois 62706. Contact ILGA Webmaster ILGA.gov uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. 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