Jackie Jackson hugs each visitor paying their respects at the casket of her father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the first day of public visitation at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
Thousands are expected to gather Thursday and Friday to honor the Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of America’s most enduring civil rights leaders.
More than a week of services and funerals in memory of Jackson begins Thursday morning at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the civil rights organization he founded on the South Side in 1971. The visitation will begin at 10 a.m. and end at 10 p.m. on Thursday and Friday at the coalition’s headquarters on the city’s South Side.
Jesse Jackson Jr., left, greets mourners at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on the second day of public visitation for his father the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, Feb. 27, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)Melody McDowell, of Chicago’s south suburbs, wears a shirt from the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential run as she visits Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on the second day of public visitation for Jackson, Feb. 27, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)The Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago is reflected on the hood of a hearse on the second day of public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Feb. 27, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)Stanford Nelson, from Milwaukee, waits in line to enter Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on the second day of public visitation for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, Feb. 27, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)Former U.S. Rep. and civil rights activist Bobby Rush stands at the casket of the Rev. Jesse Jackson on first day of public visitation at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Rep. Jonathan Jackson comforts Jerome Morgan, who flew from Washington, D.C. to pay his respects on first day of public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. “I only met hime once, shook his hand. But I learned a lot from him, that you can be a part of the process,” Morgan said. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)A steady stream of visitors pay their respects on first day of public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)T-shirts for sale outside of Rainbow PUSH Coalition to commemorate the life of the Rev. Jesse Jackson as people gather for the second day of the public visitation for Jackson, Feb. 27, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)Members of the South Shore Drill Team enter the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters during a visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Feb. 26, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)Jayveon Baskerville-Bolar, a cadet leader from the The Air Force Academy High School listens to a prayer on first day of public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Monita Johnson drove from Flint, Michigan with her children Aliece Jefferson and Pierre Jefferson to pay their respects on the first day of public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Tawanda Phillips embraces Rep. Jonathan Jackson on the first day of public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Gwendolyn Evans, who has followed the Rev. Jesse Jackson for over 50 years and sings in the choir at Rainbow PUSH Coalition, chants along with a video of Rev. Jackson on first day of public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Jacqueline Jackson, fourth left, watches at the casket of her husband, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, arrives for his first public visitation at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Yusef Jackson, right, and his siblings arrive for the first day of public visitation for their father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)A man holds posters outside on the first day of the visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Pamelashell Hooks, in red hat, and other mourners chant “I am somebody” before entering the visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A mourner is emotional after departing the visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Mourners arrive on the first day of the visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Jesse Jackson Jr. steps outside during the visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People wait in line to attend the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Mayor Brandon Johnson greets people while departing the visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)A mourner becomes emotional outside the visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Feb. 26, 2026, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Pamelashell Hooks, of Florida’s, second left, and other members of the public wait in line to attend the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People wait in line to attend the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Allen Norris, 18, has his tie fixed by his mother Artila Mims as they wait to attend the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People attend the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Rev. Al Sharpton, center, and Jesse Jackson Jr., acknowledge the crowd forming at the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People attend the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)People wait in line to attend the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Jesse Jackson Jr., foreground, and Rev. Al Sharpton, left, greet those waiting in line outside the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)Pastor King James Camper, of Richton Park, waits outside the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)The casket of Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., arrives for the first day of public visitation at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Members of the Jackson family, including from left, Jesse Jackson Jr., U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson and Yusef Jackson wait for the processional to arrive outside the first public visitation for their father, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)The procession for the Rev. Jesse Jackson arrives at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)The casket of the Rev. Jesse Jackson arrives for the first day of public visitation at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)Marcus Jones, of Calumet City, waits at the front of the line outside the first public visitation for the Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Feb. 26, 2026. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)The Jackson family arrives for the first day of public visitation for Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., at Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters, Feb. 26, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)
