Reverend Jesse Jackson certainly made his mark not just nationwide but right here in the Triad. He has been regarded as North ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — North Carolina and the nation are remembering civil rights icon Jesse Jackson who passed away ...

The civil rights icon, who died at 84, had a long history in North and South Carolina. What to know about Jesse Jackson.

Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday, fought for equality as a civil rights protester, a presidential candidate, and a champion of ...

From Newark to Camden, Garden State activists recall Jackson's visits, his rallying cry "I am somebody" and his fight for ...

Mr. Jackson often spoke about Greenville, S.C., in his speeches, returning home several times to fight for change — and for a ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson kept up his more than half-century-long fight for civil and human rights through his final years ...

Jackson frequented North Carolina and the Charlotte region throughout his life for conferences, church events and get-out-the ...

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH ...

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Part of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson's legacy lies in what he accomplished during his time in North Carolina, laying a framework for political and social progress while developing relationships ...