At a time when the president openly attacks civil rights protections and demeans people of color, Rev. Jesse Jackson's work feels freshly urgent.

The legendary activist and two-time presidential candidate passed away peacefully, leaving behind a monumental legacy of justice and hope.

President Trump also remembers Jackson as a "force of nature" with "lots of personality, grit and street smarts".

At a time when the president openly attacks civil rights protections and demeans people of color, the Rev. Jesse Jackson's work feels freshly urgent.

Jesse Jackson, the Martin Luther King protégé whose two bids for the U.S. presidency highlighted a lifelong fight for social and economic justice for all Americans, has died at age 84, his family said ...

As a 14-year-old girl, Ragen Hatcher recalled hanging out with a friend at the Hatcher house in Gary when the phone rang. Her friend answered the phone and after a brief moment she hung up.

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic ...

I was cranking out the newsletter in Tuesday’s pre-dawn darkness when we learned that the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who’d been ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in presidential politics.

In 1983, The Associated Press profiled the Rev. Jesse Jackson when he was a 41-year-old civil rights activist preparing his ...

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic ...

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's ...