Jesse Jackson: The Rainbow Coalition

A lifelong civil rights leader whose activism has frequently led to handcuffs in the name of protest.

• Decatur Protest (1999): Arrested after crossing police lines at a high school to protest the expulsion of African-American students.
• Filibuster Protest (2021): Arrested outside the U.S. Senate demanding the abolition of the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation.
• The Mission: Jackson views his arrests not as crimes, but as necessary civil disobedience to highlight systemic injustice.