Rev. Jesse Jackson was shown in the July 4, 2013, issue of the Beverly Press and Park Labrea News at the downtown headquarters of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, where he denounced a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Shelby County v. Holder. The ruling removed a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, clearing the way for states to enact restrictive voting laws. Jackson decried the ruling and its negative impact on people of color. “The integrity of America is at stake. The integrity of democracy is at stake,” Jackson said. “Let us not forget, in the quest for the right to vote, Blacks and Latinos lost lives together, shed blood together. It’s been a long fight to democratize democracy.” Jackson, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000, died at the age of 84 on Feb. 17, 2026.