Rev. Jackson updates: Chicago says final goodbye to civil rights icon at Rainbow PUSH HQ

People are paying their respects to Reverend Jesse Jackson for a second day at Rainbow PUSH Headquarters on Chicago's South Side Friday.

Nevens Woods just couldn't stay away.

People are paying their respects to Reverend Jesse Jackson for a second day at Rainbow PUSH Headquarters on Chicago's South Side Friday.

After braving long lines, the first day of the public visitation, the Chicago native said he just had to come back again.

"The man taught me a lot coming up that's how I reached 80 years of age," Woods said.

He's one of the many people who traveled to Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters to pay their respects to the civil rights icon.

Becky Wright arrived bright and early this morning and was first in line.

"This is a historical moment," Wright said. "This is a man who did so much for so many people."

Everyday people and dignitaries alike once again viewed the body of the late history maker who lies in repose for a second day as remembrances and words of admiration continue to pour in from around the world.

Larenz Smith came with his mother.

"It's wrong how some people treat us during the times, but I don't hold that against them," Smith said. "I do forgive as Christ forgives us, so it's just as far as continuing to move with humanity with respect, gentleness, kindness, and the fruit to the spirit."

Jackson is being remembered as a humanitarian and one of the last titans of the civil rights movement who worked to improved the lives of not just Black people, but all people.

"I remember when he helped get hostages freed, and he was always about promoting business and the housing issues that we've had to face. He's always been a champion across for all people not just for people who look like me," mourner Pamela Randall said.

Alderman William Hall worked and traveled with Reverend Jackson for seven years before being elected to represent the 6th Ward.

"He always focused on the least, the left out, the wounded, those who were typecast. Those who were kicked aside," Alderman Hall said. "Those were where he focused first...and today is a day to remind me coming back into this headquarters. What's the work ethic? where am I at with that commitment and when the sun rises and when the sun sets what have I done to help those in need."

Even more mourners of all ages are expected to come to Rainbow PUSH Coalition Headquarters to pay their respects to iconic civil rights leader, the Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Each person who passes through Rainbow PUSH, leaves with more honor and respect for the man who helped to create it, Reverend Jesse Jackson.

"It just was such a special moment," mourner Elisa Romero said. "It really right here."

"If he hadn't have did what he did I wouldn't have my government federal job, I wouldn't retired from CTA," mourner Patricia Barbour said.

Jackson will again be lying in repose from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m.

The first day of public visitation for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson wrapped up Thursday night at Rainbow PUSH HQ in Chicago.

He helped to build the very foundation where he now lies in repose.

Many people came out to pay their respects, with some calling their visit a moment in history.

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Many people are calling this a chance to be part of a historic moment to honor a man who helped to change the course of history.

Thousands from near and far lined up at Rainbow PUSH Headquarters to pay their final respects to its founder and late leader, the Reverend Jesse Jackson. He died last week at the age of 84 after battling a rare neurological disorder.

"He's up there now and I know he's looking down and saying 'well done' but we still have more to do more to keep marching for," mourner Tracy Bradley said.

His journey as a civil rights leader began under the mentorship of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mourner Patricia Barbour, who grew up in North Carolina and during segregation, says she remembers watching Jackson's fight for equality.

"He spent a lot of years for the struggle so we can vote, so we can have respect, not to be called out of name, and taught us that you. are somebody. And we are somebody," Barbour said.

For decades, the two-time presidential nominee fought for social justice reform, creating generations of leaders who, today, paused not only to mourn but to remember a legacy they plan to keep alive.

"It's super duper important that we are able to have a legacy for our kids , we just gonna have to make it happen," mourner Dacia Dixon said. "Didn't let anything stop him w him being sick. He still continued to be concerned about the movement. We just have to have that same drive."

The late Reverend Jackson will continue to lie in repose here through tomorrow night before his body is moved and later honored in his home state of South Carolina.