Loving You, Thinking of You, Don't Forget to Pray

Jacqueline L. Jackson is the wife of civil rights leader Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. and the mother of five children. She is a committed public servant through the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a supporter of equality for women, and an advocate for strong family bonds and relationships. The Jackson's have been married for fifty-five years, and they continue to push for equality, justice, and economic empowerment across all color lines. Mrs. Jackson hosts a woman's luncheon at the annual Rainbow PUSH Coalition conference in Chicago, where she invites speakers to address women's issues of the day. She attended the March on Washington for the #MeToo movement and continues to influence thought leaders in her community. This is her first book. She lives in Chicago and Washington, DC.Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. served eight terms in the US House of Representatives, from 1995 to his resignation in 2012, and was reelected for a ninth term but declined to serve. He has been secretary of the Democratic National Committee’s Black Caucus, national field director of the National Rainbow Coalition, and a member Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Born in Greenville, South Carolina, he attended college at North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, NC, and has advance degrees from Chicago Theological Seminary and the University of Illinois College of Law in Chicago, IL. He lives in Chicago.The Rev. Dr. James Alexander Forbes, Jr. is senior minister emeritus of the Riverside Church in New York City, where he served as senior minister for eighteen years, from 1989 to 2007. He is nationally and internationally known as a speaker, preacher, and teacher and was named one of the twelve “most effective preachers” in the English-speaking world by Newsweek magazine. More recently, Forbes has been president and founder of the Healing of the Nations Foundation, a national and global ministry for spiritual renewal and holistic health. Forbes was the host of “The Time Is Now” on Air America Radio and has been featured on radio and television, notably on The Charlie Rose Show, Tavis Smiley, and the various PBS shows hosted by Bill Moyers. Currently, he is visiting Professor of Preaching at Duke Divinity School, focusing of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Forbes and his wonderful wife, Bettye, reside in Raleigh, North Carolina.