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The service featured a series of musical tributes from renowned performers including Stevie Wonder, Jennifer Hudson, Hezekiah Walker, Marvin Sapp, Opal Staples, and Le’Andria Johnson. #jessejackson #service #chicago #honor

The scheduled events are expected to draw local residents, faith leaders, elected officials and admirers from across the country. #jessejackson #honoring #events

In April, doctors revised his diagnosis to progressive supranuclear palsy, a condition that affects movement, balance, speech, and cognitive function. #jessejackson #discharged #treatment

“Let me be crystal clear. I am standing with Reverend Jackson, Father Pfleger, Will Calloway, and all of you. There is no justice, it seems. This convicted police officer is spending 39 months in prison — 39 months — for killing a Black man here in Chicago,” Rush said at the press conference. #BobbyRush

Attorney Robert Patillo, who is organizing the press conference and who is the executive director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition’s Peachtree Project in Atlanta, said, “We appreciate the Savannah Alliance of Pastors for inviting Rev. Jackson to bring national attention to the concerns of racial injustice here in Savannah, Georgia.

Rev. Jackson to attend burial of Jelani Day—says his murder “smells like another Emmett Till” case (Chicago, IL) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. is attending the burial of 25-year-old Jelani Day 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 19th, at the Spring Hill Cemetery, 301 E. Voorhees St., Danville, IL.