Black Mayors of America: Lower the U.S. Flag on City Property to Half-Mast in Honor of Jesse Jackson

By: Donald V. Watkins

Copyrighted and Published on February 20, 2026

An Editorial Opinion

Black Mayors of America,

Stop being weak-kneed punks.  Honor civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, who passed on February 17, 2026, by lowering the U.S. flag on city property to half-mast until Jackson is buried. You have the power to do so. Use it.

In the 1990s, the Confederate flag flew above the U.S. flag atop of state capitol buildings across the South. It took a relentless campaign by Jesse Jackson and other civil rights leaders to remove the Confederate flag from the flagpole and relocate it to a museum.

Please remember that cities across America lowered the U.S. flag on city property to half-mast after conservative activist Charlie Kirk's unfortunate death on September 10, 2025. Like Jackson, Kirk was a private citizen.

You hold office today because of the blood, sweat, and tears that Jesse Jackson and other great civil rights leaders gave in the movement to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Fair. Housing Act of 1968 into law.

Show some courage and appreciation for Jesse Jackson’s sacrifices on your behalf. Lower the U.S. flag on city property to half-mast. Do it today.