Editing Rainbow/PUSH (section)

{{short description|American non-profit organization}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Rainbow/PUSH
| image = Rev jesse jackson.jpg
| image_border = 
| size = 
| caption = [[Jesse Jackson]] at a radio broadcast from Operation PUSH convention headquarters, July 1973. Photograph by [[John H White (photojournalist)|John H. White]].
| formation = 1971
| type = [[Civil rights]]
| headquarters = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| location = {{USA}}
| membership = 
| language = English
| leader_title = Founder<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rainbowpush.org/office_and_staff|title=Executive Staff|publisher=Rainbow/PUSH|accessdate=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
| leader_name = [[Jesse Jackson]]
| key_people = 
| num_staff = 
| budget = 
| website = {{URL|http://rainbowpush.org}}
}}
'''Rainbow/PUSH''' is a [[Chicago]]-based [[nonprofit]] organization formed as a merger of two nonprofit organizations founded by [[Jesse Jackson]]; '''Operation PUSH''' (People United to Save Humanity) and the '''National Rainbow Coalition'''. The organizations pursue [[social justice]], [[civil rights]], and political [[activism]].

In December 1971, Jackson resigned from [[Operation Breadbasket]] after clashing with [[Ralph Abernathy]] and founded Operation PUSH. In 1984, Jackson founded the National Rainbow Coalition. It merged with PUSH in 1996. The combined organization's national headquarters is on the [[South Side (Chicago)|South Side]] of [[Chicago]] and it has regional branches in [[Washington, D.C.]], [[New York City]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]], [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], [[Silicon Valley]], [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], and [[Boston]].

Operation PUSH raised public awareness to initiate [[corporate action]] and government sponsorship. The National Rainbow Coalition became a prominent political organization that raised public awareness of numerous political issues and consolidated a large voting bloc. The merged entity has undertaken numerous social initiatives.