Summer Van Benton

Jackson founded the Rainbow Push Coalition here in Chicago in 1996.

Thousands have come through to pay their respects to the late civil rights leader.

Jackson's senior advisor, Reverend Jeanette Wilson, says she thinks Jackson's passing will awaken people, recalling a conversation she had with a young man.

Next week, Jackson will lie in repose in his home state of South Carolina before heading to Washington, D.C.

For NPR News, I'm Summer Van Binton in Chicago.

They rallied for a number of causes, which include defending voting rights, the deployment of federal troops, and the increase in U.S.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Chicagoan Lindsey Bailey says the Trump administration's actions are both illegal and unconstitutional.

By all official reports, protests nationwide were peaceful.

For NPR News, I'm Summer Van Benton in Chicago.