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

Before Democrats fractured, Jackson united workers across race and region — and provided a model for today’s party ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to spend as much time as possible with the Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.

There are some aspects of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s life that might have been forgotten. Here’s a look back at them.

I interacted with him, on and off, for 30 years. He was brilliant, at times electrifying, and at times confounding.

Activism / Jackson’s lessons for today’s Democrats. Bruce Shapiro In 2000, I got to spend some intense hours with Jesse Jackson, when he and his son Jesse Jackson Jr., then in Congress, collaborated ...

​Four decades after his presidential runs, the prevailing question is “Why didn’t Jesse Jackson win?” While he didn’t capture the Democratic nomination, according to the Rev. Dr. William Barber, ...

The late Jesse Jackson twice sought the Democratic nomination for president – and though he fell short in 1984 and 1988, his ...

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

CHICAGO — Details for a celebration of life for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson were announced Wednesday, with multiple events ...

In 1988, the power brokers of the Democratic Party watched a Chicago civil rights leader, a maverick with a movement he called a "Rainbow Coalition," start to threaten the presidential candidacy of ...