Broadway’s “Purpose,” by Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, tackles the legacy of the civil rights movement ...

Jackson Jr was previously sentenced to 30 months ... attempt to secure a pardon before President Biden leaves office, Reverend Jesse Jackson wrote a two-page letter to the sitting president.

The civil rights icon found himself in Birmingham delivering a message worthy of his days stumping for justice alongside the ...

Jesse Jackson Reveals He Has Parkinson's Disease But Says Diagnosis Is 'Not a Stop Sign' Jackson, who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in civil rights demonstrations and was awarded ...

Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. and Rahm Emanuel are two peas in a pod ... Jackson, as the son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights warrior and founder of Rainbow PUSH, is a member of the most famous ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson right, embraces Fred Hampton Jr., left, after a vigil for Laquan McDonald, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Chicago. Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged Tuesday with ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the stage at the Democratic National Convention, waves to the crowd. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The crowd rose to a standing ovation as Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois -- co-chair of Obama's presidential campaign -- publicly blasted his father's comments Wednesday. "I'm deeply outraged and disappointed in Rev. Jackson's reckless ...

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, ...