When I was growing up in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s, many businesses proudly kept in their windows signs from Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and ’88 presidential runs. He was a revered figure, someone ...

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Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to 'keep hope alive' in honor of his legacy.

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.

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

When he was a kid, watching “Law & Order” on his family’s TV screen in New Haven, Erick Russell knew he wanted to become a lawyer.

Rev. Jesse Jackson is being remembered for his civil rights work, his historic runs for president and more.

With all the talent of Major League Baseball but hardly any of the recognition, Negro League Baseball players refined and ...

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, a Rainbow Push Coalition spokesperson confirmed ...

Famed civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson died at the age of 84 on Feb. 17 following a long battle with progressive ...

Trump said a lot of his policy initiatives focusing on Black Americans were inspired by Jackson’s advocacy, such as funding HBCUs.

Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights ...