Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will lie in state at the South Carolina Statehouse on March 2, with flags lowered to half-staff to honor his legacy.
COLUMBIA, S.C. โ The body of South Carolina native and civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. will lie in state at the South Carolina State House on Monday, March 2, 2026, at the request of the Jackson family and members of the South Carolina General Assembly.
Governor Henry McMaster has ordered flags atop the State House to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset that day to honor the legacy and memory of Reverend Jackson.
Officials with the governor’s office said the South Carolina Department of Administration is coordinating arrangements with representatives of the Jackson family, and additional details will be released in the coming days.
Jackson died on February 17 at the age of 84. Jackson had recently been diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder after being misdiagnosed for over a decade. He was hospitalized last year for complications related to the condition.
The civil rights leader was born and raised in Greenville, SC. Some of his early civil rights work included a sit-in protesting an all-white library in Greenville while he was in college. He joined with Martin Luther King Jr.’s movement and later founded several civil rights organizations. He also ran twice for president, and in 1984, won the Democratic Primary in South Carolina.ย
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