CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 31: Civil Rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson visits with guests at the National Bar Association’s annual convention on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. The National Bar Association is the nation’s oldest and largest network of predominately black legal professionals. Former President Joe Biden was scheduled to speak at the event’s awards gala later in the evening. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 05: Claudette Colvin, Civil Rights Activist speaks onstage during the 2020 Embrace Ambition Summit by the Tory Burch Foundation at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 05, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Tory Burch Foundation)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – JULY 31: Civil Rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson visits with guests at the National Bar Association’s annual convention on July 31, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. The National Bar Association is the nation’s oldest and largest network of predominately black legal professionals. Former President Joe Biden was scheduled to speak at the event’s awards gala later in the evening. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
