The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week, ran for president twice, leading more Black voters to register. The year after his second run, a Black mayor, David Dinkins, won in New York.

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

“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 ...

Both men sought the presidency. They came from different backgrounds, held different goals, and had radically different ...

Jesse Jackson's death on Tuesday at age 84 has Jonathan Wolfe revisiting a speech that "is regarded as one of the most ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who recently died, did not just speak about justice; he took action and led by example to transform the politics of the United States.

Much of Jackson’s work, along with others, laid the groundwork for the election of President Barack Obama in 2008. In ...

Bhattacharya will be the third leader of the embattled CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, during President Donald Trump’s second term. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired ...

Jackson didn’t just pave the way for Barack Obama. He envisioned a Democratic coalition and a policy agenda that were ahead ...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@revjjackson) Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a protégé of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who became ...

As Reverend Jesse Jackson navigated a tricky relationship with the Jewish community in the late 1980s and early 1990s, former ADL chief Abraham Foxman had a front-row seat. “I was very critical of him ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's two presidential runs and his life of activism inspired leaders across generations ...