Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1106 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1106

     Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 2026

  Ms. Waters (for herself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Jeffries, Mr.
Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Norton, Ms. Wilson of
 Florida, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Ivey, Ms. Underwood,
Mr. Bell, Mrs. Beatty, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Simon, Mr. Fields,
 Mr. Figures, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Cleaver, Mr.
Doggett, Mrs. McBath, Mrs. McIver, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr.
Carter of Louisiana, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Veasey, Ms.
     McClellan, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Lee of
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Brown, Ms. Omar, Mr.
  Casten, Ms. Adams, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Strickland, Ms. Barragan, Mr.
Cohen, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Swalwell, Mr. Kennedy of New York, Mr. Quigley,
  Mr. Carson, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Thompson of
  Mississippi, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Ms. Meng, Mr. Pallone, Mr.
Horsford, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Green of
Texas, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Dean
of Pennsylvania, Ms. Elfreth, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Hoyer, Mr.
    McGarvey, Ms. DeGette, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Randall, Mr.
Schneider, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Amo, and Mr. Garcia of Illinois) submitted
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on
                    Oversight and Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION

     Honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.

Whereas Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr., an ordained Baptist minister and
        influential civil rights leader was born on October 8th, 1941, in
        Greenville, South Carolina;
Whereas Rev. Jackson attended racially segregated schools, including Sterling
        High School, where he was elected student class president and graduated
        in 1959;
Whereas Rev. Jackson attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State
        University, a historically Black university in Greensboro, North
        Carolina, where he served as student body president and a quarterback on
        the football team, and graduated in 1964 with a B.S. in sociology;
Whereas, following his graduation, Rev. Jackson joined the civil rights movement
        led by Martin Luther King, Jr., who selected him to be a leading
        organizer for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the
        national director of Operation Breadbasket;
Whereas Rev. Jackson, at 30 years old, founded both Operation PUSH (People
        United to Save Humanity) to initiate corporate action and government
        sponsorship, and the National Rainbow Coalition that raised awareness of
        numerous political issues;
Whereas, under Rev. Jackson's leadership, massive boycotts by Black consumers
        were encouraged as a means to pressure White-owned businesses to hire
        Blacks and purchase services from Black-owned firms;
Whereas Rev. Jackson was a courageous advocate for civil and human rights in the
        United States and around the world, including his leadership in the
        movement to end apartheid in South Africa, during which he was arrested
        at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC, while protesting
        apartheid and campaigned for United States corporations and colleges to
        divest from South Africa while the racist regime remained in power;
Whereas Rev. Jackson's activism extended internationally in his rescue of Navy
        Lieutenant Robert Goodman who was being held by the Syrian government,
        his negotiation of the release of 22 Americans being held in Cuba by
        then President Fidel Castro, and his trip to Iraq that secured the
        release of 20 American individuals from Saddam Hussein;
Whereas Rev. Jackson's contribution to global conflict resolutions went beyond
        the United States, speaking to over 1,000,000 people in Hyde Park,
        London at the 2003 culmination of the anti-war demonstration, before
        serving as a speaker for the International Peace Foundation in 2009;
Whereas Rev. Jackson became the first African American man since Reconstruction
        to address a joint session of the Alabama Legislature, and the second
        African American to mount a nationwide campaign for president as a
        Democrat;
Whereas, in his historic runs for President in 1984 and 1988, Rev. Jackson won
        millions of votes in the Democratic primaries, finishing third in 1984
        and second in 1988, and his groundbreaking campaigns opened the door of
        opportunity for other politicians of African American heritage,
        including Barack Obama, who was elected President in 2008, becoming the
        first African American President in the Nation's history;
Whereas Rev. Jackson served as a shadow delegate and shadow senator for the
        District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997;
Whereas Rev. Jackson was the beloved husband of author Jaqueline ``Jackie''
        Brown, and a father of 6 children, including former Representative Jesse
        Jackson, Jr. of Illinois and current Representative Jonathan Jackson of
        Illinois;
Whereas Rev. Jackson was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2015, but his
        diagnosis was changed in 2025 to progressive supranuclear palsy, a
        neurological disorder with symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease; and
Whereas Rev. Jackson would not have the Nation respond to his passing in grief,
        but rather with the courage to continue his legacy of 25 years of public
        service and dedication to promote civil rights for Black Americans: Now,
        therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors the life, leadership, and legacy of Rev.
        Jackson, for his lifelong dedication to promoting equality for
        the disadvantaged, being a voice for peace among nations, and
        serving Americans as one of the most successful Black leaders
        in American history;
            (2) extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to Rev.
        Jackson's family, including his wife, Jackie, and their 6
        children, and sends thoughts of comfort, peace, and healing in
        this time of loss; and
            (3) calls upon all Americans, regardless of race, party
        affiliation, or creed, to uphold Rev. Jackson's belief that we
        must go forward with hope, and not backwards by fear and
        division.
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