Washington, Feb 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump marked Black History Month at the White House, using the occasion to highlight his record on criminal justice reform, the economy, and public safety — and to praise Indian American leader Harmeet Kaur Dhillon from the stage. “This is a nice, full room,” Trump said as he opened the reception on Wednesday (local time), calling the centennial observance of Black History Month “a big deal, 100th. That’s sort of special.”The President beg…
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New York, Feb 18 (IANS) Jesse Jackson ranked in the lineage of civil rights and anti-racism icons like his mentor Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, who were inspired by Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi was the “spiritual godfather” of leaders like them, Jackson said in his keynote address at an event for the 60th anniversary of the martyrdom of the prophet of Satyagraha in 2008 in New Delhi.Jackson, who died on Tuesday, was a fighter for civil rights in the US, carrying on the peaceful battle that Ki…
Washington, Feb 18 (IANS) The Reverend Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate who helped reshape American politics between the era of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, has died at 84. His family said in a statement that he “died peacefully,” but did not give a cause.“It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Civil Rights leader and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Honourable Reverend Jesse Louis Ja…