Three former presidents, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, are expected to attend the public homegoing service for civil rights icon Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr. this Friday at House of Hope in Chicago.
Jackson, who was 84, passed away Feb. 17 after battling progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disorder. He spent more than six decades as one of America's most prominent civil rights leaders, serving alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement and twice running for president in 1984 and 1988.
The service, officially titled The People's Celebration: Public Homegoing Service of Reverend Jesse L. Jackson Sr., will be led by Dr. Charles Jenkins and Reverend James T. Meeks.
Notable speakers include Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, and Cubs owner Tom Ricketts.
Musical performances will be provided by Jennifer Hudson and gospel singers Bebe Winans and Pastor Marvin Winans.
The service will be held at House of Hope, located at 752 E. 114th St. in Chicago. Doors open at 9 a.m., with the service beginning at 11 a.m.