Tallahassee to rename street in honor of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson

The City of Tallahassee will honor the late Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. with a street renaming ceremony Tuesday, Aug. 11th, recognizing the impact the renowned civil rights leader made locally.

The ceremony will be held at 10:30 a.m. at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church off N. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

The release says the Tallahassee City Commission passed a resolution June 10th renaming W. Carolina Street — from N. Adams Street to S. Copeland Street — as Rev. Jesse Jackson Street…

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