Ashley Jackson, daughter of the late civil rights icon once accused of antisemitism, describes finding spiritual purpose in ...

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 ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights leader who bridged the era of Martin Luther King Jr. with the modern world and whose two presidential runs in the 1980s set the stage for today’s progressive ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, died at 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and staunch activist, dies at 84 Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Chicago-based civil rights icon, political trailblazer, and lifelong advocate for equality who worked ...

The US civil rights activist's influence spread from the churches of the Deep South to the White House.

CHICAGO — A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South Side's House of Hope, providing a requiem to the vast reach of ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at age 84. Jackson, known as one of the pioneers of the civil rights movement, continued that work until his death. The Rev. Jesse Jackson made several trips to ...

CHICAGO(AP) — From the moment the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward as torchbearer to what was then a largely Southern civil rights struggle — a movement with much unfinished business — he created a ...