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IN SR0068
Resolution
Status
2/26/2026
Primary Sponsor
Lonnie Randolph
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AI Summary
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Indiana Senate resolution memorializing Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, who passed away on February 17, 2026, at age 84
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Rev. Jackson served as a global civil rights leader, Baptist minister, and two-time presidential candidate (1984 and 1988)
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Appointed by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to coordinate the Chicago Branch of Operation Breadbasket in 1966, which created 4,500 jobs in the Chicago African American community
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Founded People United to Serve Humanity (PUSH) in 1971 and the National Rainbow Coalition in 1984, which merged into Rainbow PUSH Coalition in 1996
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Began civil rights activism in 1960 by leading a sit-in that integrated the Greenville, South Carolina library and became a vital advisor to Dr. King during passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Legislative Description
Memorializing Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Last Action
Senators Alexander, Alting, Baldwin, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Bray, Brown L, Buchanan, Buck, Busch, Byrne, Carrasco, Charbonneau, Clark, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, Donato, Doriot, Freeman, Garten, Gaskill, Glick, Goode, Holdman, Johnson T, Koch, Leising, Maxwell, McKinley, Mishler, Niemeyer, Raatz, Rogers, Schmitt, Tomes, Walker G, Walker K, Young M added as coauthors
2/26/2026