In his 1984 speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Mr. Jackson argued for a more diverse coalition for the party.

With everything that’s going on in the world, thoughts keep returning to the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Greenville native who ...

When I was growing up in Washington, D.C., in the 1990s, many businesses proudly kept in their windows signs from Jesse Jackson’s 1984 and ’88 presidential runs. He was a revered figure, someone ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, America’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr ...

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, died peacefully on Tuesday morning at the age of 84. Geoff Bennett reports on Jackson's legacy and his decades of ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson — a revered civil rights activist, LGBTQ ally, and former presidential candidate — died on Feb.

Jesse Jackson was the first Black presidential candidate to be competitive, blazing a trail for Barack Obama’s path to the ...

Civil Rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., who collaborated with Martin Luther King and founded the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has died.

Activism / Obituary / We would be wise to follow the path he forged. Robert L. Borosage “Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” ...

When asked for the secret behind her longevity – which includes surviving a lightning strike more than 50 years ago – the 104 ...