DENVER (KDVR) — Flags in Denver will be at half-staff for the rest of the month as the city honors the legacy of a Civil Rights Movement leader who died earlier this month.
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a pioneer in human rights and equality initiatives who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades, died on Feb. 17 at age 84. On Sunday, Denver Mayor Mike Johnston ordered flags in the city to be at half-staff through Feb. 28 in Jackson’s honor.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies at age 84
“Jesse Jackson was a titan of the Civil Rights Movement, a ferocious advocate, and a fearless trailblazer whose “Rainbow Coalition” changed our nation forever,” Johnston said in a press release. “By challenging the status quote he reminded us that progress is possible when we stand together. Today we stand together in honoring his incredible life and work.”
Jackson was an advocate for racial justice, economic and political inclusion, and civil and human rights for more than a half-century, and even later in life though facing a neurological disorder remained at the forefront of current civil and human rights issues in the U.S…