Rochester is remembering the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and two-time presidential candidate.

“Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” declared Senator Bernie Sanders, summarizing the importance of Jackson’s remarkable life ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights leader, minister, and politician, who was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr ...

In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated ...

The iconic civil rights leader, who has died at 84, made anti-war and pro-diplomacy politics central to his presidential bids and his lifelong activism.

Santita Jackson, the daughter of the Rev. Jesse Jackson​, said Tuesday that she hoped people would remember her father as their "champion." ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pioneering civil rights leader who marched with Martin Luther King Jr., ran twice for U.S. president, and founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, died Tuesday morning at age 84 ...

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There used to be a time in Minnesota when you could argue politics without losing friends, getting shouted down, or being told you were some kind of monster for even asking a question. We were the ...