In an exclusive one-on-one interview with ABC7, Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes III spoke for the first time after officially taking the helm as president and CEO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
New Rainbow PUSH President Rev. Dr. Frederick Haynes III, successor to Rev. Jesse Jackson, speaks with ABC7 in first TV interview.In an exclusive one-on-one interview with ABC7, Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III spoke for the first time after officially taking the helm as president and CEO of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition.
The continued fight for civil rights has now led one of the pioneers of that movement, Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., to tap his mentee, a Texas pastor, to lead the coalition he has spearheaded since 1971."I have spoken a number of times for the Rainbow PUSH Convention, and that was enough for me," Haynes said. "And then when he made the phone call and asked to consider succeeding him... that's just over the top.
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