Vice President Kamala Harris was in Chicago on Sunday to speak at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Convention and Concert.
This comes as Rev. Jesse Jackson announced he is stepping down from the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson steps down as leader of civil rights group he founded in 1971
The coalition also welcomed its next leader, Dallas-based Rev. Frederick Haynes.
“The Rev. Jesse Lewis Jackson Sr., I stand here on his shoulders because no one with sense would try to stand in his shoes,” Haynes said. “His shoes are so large. They’ve taken us so far.”
Hundreds filled the pews at the Apostolic Church of God in Woodlawn for the convention.
As Haynes takes over the coalition, Black activists, lawmakers and clergy paid tribute to the work and vision of Jackson.