{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2026-02-24-pt1-PgE157-5", "2026-02-24", 119, 2, null, null, "HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE REVEREND JESSE LOUIS JACKSON, SR.", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "HONORING", "E157", "E158", "[{\"name\": \"Andre Carson\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "172 Cong. Rec. E157", "Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 2026)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Pages E157-E158]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n HONORING THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF THE REVEREND JESSE LOUIS JACKSON, SR.\n\n                                 ______\n\n                           HON. ANDRE CARSON\n\n                               of indiana\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                       Tuesday, February 24, 2026\n\n  Mr. CARSON. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to honor the life and legacy of\nthe Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.--a moral giant of the civil\nrights movement, a champion for the poor and dispossessed, and one of\nthe most gifted communicators in American history.\n  I also want to express my love and support to Reverend Jackson's\nfamily as they grieve such a deeply personal loss, including our\ncolleague Congressman Jonathan Jackson, our former colleague Jesse\nJackson, Jr. and all the Jackson family members and friends.\n  Reverend Jackson was born during height of the Jim Crow segregation\nin Greenville, South Carolina, yet he rose from humble beginnings to\nbecome a global voice for justice, equality, and human dignity. He\nfirst came to national prominence in the 1960s as a young advocate in\nthe struggle for civil rights and an aide to Dr. King, who appointed\nhim to lead the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's Operation\nBreadbasket in Chicago and eventually, it's national director.\nFollowing Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Reverend Jackson helped\nsustain and lead the movement's moral urgency, shaping a new era of\nactivism grounded in nonviolence, direct action, and an unshakable\nfaith in the power of love.\n  In 1971, he founded Operation PUSH--``People United to Save\nHumanity'', building an inclusive advocacy movement united in the\npursuit of economic and social justice. Reverend Jackson led boycotts\nagainst corporations that had poor records in hiring Black employees or\ncontracting with Black businesses. In 1984, he organized the National\nRainbow Coalition, bringing to life an organization of voters from a\nbroad spectrum of races and creeds. This helped him launch his historic\npresidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988,\n\n[[Page E158]]\n\nwhen he first won five primaries, and subsequently garnered 6.9 million\nvotes. This transformed American politics, inspiring discouraged\nAmericans to believe in the possibility of a multiracial democracy and\nhelping to expand participation within the Democratic Party. His call\nto ``Keep Hope Alive!'' was more than a slogan--it was a moral charge\nto the Nation and a testament to his belief that love and collective\naction can bend the arc of history toward justice.\n  For more than six decades, Reverend Jackson served as both bridge and\ntrailblazer, connecting the civil rights movement of the 1960s to the\nongoing struggle for a more inclusive democracy in the 21st century. He\nmarched, organized, led boycotts, negotiated, and preached on behalf of\nthose too often marginalized or ignored, always affirming, ``I am\nsomebody.'' He mentored and was a friend to many, including me.\n  Mr. Speaker, Reverend Jesse Jackson was a fearless advocate for love\nand justice whose voice stirred our conscience and challenged our\nNation to live up to its highest ideals. I ask my colleagues to join me\nin honoring his extraordinary life and legacy, and in recommitting\nourselves to the future of a Beloved Community that he so faithfully\nenvisioned.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2026-02-24-pt1-PgE157-5"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 20.89861803688109, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}