Why are flags flying at half-staff in Denver this week?

Flags will fly at half-staff this week in Denver in honor of a civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate who died last week, Mayor Mike Johnston announced Sunday.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died last Tuesday at the age of 84, led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. He died at home in Chicago, surrounded by family, Jackson’s daughter confirmed.

“Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement posted online. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family.”

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

Flags will be lowered in Denver through Saturday to honor Jackson, according to a news release from Johnston’s office.

“Jesse Jackson was a titan of the Civil Rights Movement, a ferocious advocate, and a fearless trailblazer whose ‘Rainbow Coalition’ changed our nation forever,” Johnston said in a statement. “He reminded us that progress is possible when we stand together. Today we stand together in honoring his incredible life and work.”

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis also ordered all flags on public buildings to fly at half-staff from sunrise on March 6 to sunset on March 7 to honor Jackson’s “life and legacy.”

Jackson’s public celebration of life ceremony at the 10,000-seat House of Hope church in Chicago will be held on March 6, followed by a private memorial on March 7.