In October 1975, the Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke about civil rights, Black history and the importance of voting during the annual NAACP state convention in downtown. He ...

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

As a movement builder, spokesperson, and candidate for the presidency, Jesse Jackson’s accomplishments were massive. He was one of the towering figures of American progressive politics in his era — or ...

OPINION: Jesse Jackson could bring an audience to cheers or to tears with the power of his personality remembers columnist Cal Thomas.

Civil rights leader crisscrossed Akron-Canton area over the past 60 years. Here are some highlights from those visits.

United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) paid a tribute to US civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson during a White House reception marking Black History Month. Reverend ...

As a 41-year-old civil rights leader weighing a 1984 White House run, Jesse Jackson mixes prophetic zeal, sharp criticism and political ambition in this 1983 AP profile.

Local leaders pay tribute to the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate after the 84-year-old dies.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Charismatic U.S. civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an eloquent Baptist minister raised in the segregated South who became a close associate of Martin Luther King Jr and twice ran ...

A parents’ group tried to establish boundaries for discussion on their WhatsApp chat. It led to a schism.

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