CHICAGO — As many lined up to pay their respects for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. Thursday — his casket lying in repose at Rainbow PUSH’s South Side headquarters through Friday — funeral arrangements in the Civil Rights icon’s native state of South Carolina were announced.

The Jackson family and members of the South Carolina General Assembly requested Rev. Jackson lie in state at the South Carolina State House, 1100 Gervais Street, in Columbia on Monday, March 2, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A memorial tribute will follow at Brookland Baptist Church, 1066 Sunset Boulevard, West Columbia, South Carolina at 4-6 p.m. Both events are open to the public.

Born Jesse Louis Burns, Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1941. He would grow up in Greenville until he attended college on a football scholarship at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. But by 1961, Jackson transferred to North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College in Greensboro, where he graduated.

The founder of the Kenwood-based Rainbow/PUSH Coalition died Feb. 17 at 84, “peacefully” and “surrounded by his family,” according to a news release. His health has been in decline for years, and he recently spent weeks in the hospital for progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disorder.

Rev. Jackson was a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who participated in the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches. He continued the fight for social justice and civil rights through the coalition and campaigned twice unsuccessfully for president. He stepped down as the president of Rainbow PUSH in 2023.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has directed that the flags atop the State House be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on March 2 in honor of Rev. Jackson’s legacy and memory.

Formal funeral services are scheduled for March 4 in Washington, D.C. The details are yet to be released.

Public visitation of Rev. Jackson continues at Rainbow PUSH through Friday at 930 E. 50th St., Chicago, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday, March 6

—Public Homegoing Services

Location: House of Hope, 752 E. 114th St., Chicago

Time: Doors open at 9 a.m.

Saturday, March 7

—Homegoing Celebration

Location: Rainbow PUSH HQ, 930 E. 50th St., Chicago

*A livestream will be shared with the public at https://www.jessejacksonlegacy.com/. You can register for the local public homegoing here.

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