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Jesse Jackson, center, founder of Rainbow PUSH, and NAACP president Kweisi Mfume, right, join hands as they arrive at Greenville County Square for a rally in a Dignity Day March on May 17, 2003, in Greenville, S.C.

Jesse Jackson, center, founder of Rainbow PUSH, and NAACP president Kweisi Mfume, right, join hands as they arrive at Greenville County Square for a rally in a Dignity Day March on May 17, 2003, in Greenville, S.C.

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Jesse Jackson steps back from PUSH

The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago.