H.Res. 1107 is a memorial resolution urging the President to lower U.S. flags to half-staff in honor of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the prominent civil rights leader who passed away. The resolution recognizes Jackson's significant contributions to the civil rights movement, including his work with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, his founding of Operation PUSH and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, and his historic presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 that broke racial barriers. The measure was introduced by Representative Joyce Beatty and sponsored by over 200 members of Congress from both parties. This is a symbolic congressional action with no funding or enforcement mechanism—it simply expresses the House's request that the President honor Jackson's legacy through the traditional flag-lowering ceremony.
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