Overview
- Jackson will lie in repose at Rainbow PUSH headquarters on Chicago’s South Side on Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. CT.
- South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster announced Jackson will lie in state at the Statehouse on Monday, March 2, with public access in Columbia.
- Formal memorials are planned in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina between March 1 and 4, followed by a large People’s Celebration at Chicago’s House of Hope on March 6 and a private homegoing at Rainbow PUSH on March 7 with a livestream.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson denied the family’s request for Jackson to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, a ceremonial recognition typically reserved for select government and military officials.
- Invitations were sent to President Donald Trump and former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Joe Biden and George W. Bush, with the U.S. Secret Service conducting security sweeps; attendance has not been confirmed.