{"id":190781,"date":"2026-02-24T01:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190781\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T01:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T01:08:09","slug":"city-of-carson-to-lower-flags-to-half-staff-in-honor-of-civil-rights-icon-reverend-jesse-jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/190781\/","title":{"rendered":"City of Carson to Lower Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of Civil Rights Icon Reverend Jesse Jackson &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.randomlengthsnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jesse-Jackson-by-John-H.-White-1973-png.jpg?fit=600%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" data-caption=\"Jesse Jackson by John H. White, 1973. (National Archives) Creative Commons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"403\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image cwvlazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jesse-Jackson-by-John-H.-White-1973-png.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jesse Jackson by John H. White, 1973 png\"\/><\/a>Jesse Jackson by John H. White, 1973. (National Archives) Creative Commons    <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CARSON \u2013 During the Feb. 17, Carson City Council meeting, the City Council reached a floor decision to honor the life and monumental legacy of Reverend Jesse Jackson, who passed away at the age of 84. In a unanimous show of respect, the Council has directed that all flags at City Hall and municipal facilities be lowered to half-staff effective immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The flags will remain at half-staff through the end of February. This duration was chosen specifically to align with the remainder of Black History Month, serving as a continuous tribute to a man whose life\u2019s work was inextricably linked to the progress, voting rights, and social justice of Black Americans and marginalized communities nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReverend Jesse Jackson was a North Star for justice in this country,&#8221; said Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes.\u201d By keeping our flags lowered through the end of Black History Month, we aren\u2019t just mourning a loss; we are honoring a lifetime of breaking barriers\u2014from the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement to the halls of international diplomacy. Carson stands in solidarity with his family and the millions he inspired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protocol and Authority<\/p>\n<p>The City of Carson observes this period of mourning in accordance with local municipal authority. This gesture is a recognized custom used by local governments to reflect the collective sentiment of their residents and to pay homage to figures who have profoundly shaped the American narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Like this:<\/p>\n<p>Like Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-link-color\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jesse Jackson by John H. White, 1973. (National Archives) Creative Commons \u00a0 CARSON \u2013 During the Feb. 17,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[89479,89480,89481,16844,131,133,132],"class_list":["post-190781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-civilrightsicon","tag-flagshalfstaff","tag-revjessejackson","tag-carson","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}