-- 8/15/2010 By Zenobia Jeffries Michigan Citizen
DETROIT — Civil Rights activist and Rainbow/PUSH Coalition Founder and President, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. and Rev. D. Alexander Bullock, President of the local Detroit Rainbow/PUSH Chapter and Highland Park Branch NAACP, along with local clergy, held a press conference Aug. 10 at Greater New Mt. Moriah Baptist Church to share their plan of action to get Michiganders back to work. The coalition, which also includes the UAW, Detroit NAACP and Urban League will visit cities across the state including Detroit, Flint, Saginaw and Benton Harbor, delivering the message of the Rebuilding America Jobs, Justice and Peace Campaign.
Jackson says there’s a state of emergency in Detroit and called the city ground center for the urban crisis across the country.
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