Rev. Jesse Jackson, 84, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, after decades of work in the Civil Rights Movement and two presidential runs.
Before Democrats fractured, Jackson united workers across race and region — and provided a model for today’s party ...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, who recently died, did not just speak about justice; he took action and led by example to transform the ...
Chicago plays host to public observances for the civil rights icon, who died at 84.
What to know about Rev. Jesse Jackson, a central figure in the Civil Rights Movement and national politics for more than six ...
Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...
Celebration of life services have been announced for the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Chicago-based civil rights leader, political ...
When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...
It’s generally poor form to speak ill of the recently deceased, but the problem with holding your tongue is that it often ...
I interacted with him, on and off, for 30 years. He was brilliant, at times electrifying, and at times confounding.
The civil rights leader, whose dealmaking skills pushed Wall Street to invest in minority-owned businesses, died on Tuesday.
The passing of the Rev. Jesse Jackson brings to my mind a meeting between him and Ronald Reagan during the 1980 presidential campaign. It might have been a lost opportunity.