On Tuesday, we lost a dear friend and mentor. I met the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the late 1970s as I was running a youth sports program, and his son Yusef was one of my kids. I later reconnected when I ...

Attendees gathered inside the building to focus on this year's theme, which is "Fulfilling the American Promise." ...

The first Rainbow PUSH Coalition Conference since the death of the coalition's founder, Rev. Jesse Jackson, is underway ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Local leaders will be hosting a movement in honor of the late Reverend Jesse Jackson this Saturday. The event will happen from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Youngstown’s Wick Park. It ...

Five of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's six children appeared together Wednesday morning to talk about the love they have for their father in Chicago. The civil rights leader died Tuesday at the age of 84.

The first Rainbow PUSH Coalition Conference since the death of its founder, Rev. Jesse Jackson, is underway Wednesday at the ...

CHICAGO – A line of mourners streamed through a Chicago auditorium Thursday to pay final respects to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. as cross-country memorial services began in the city the late civil ...

Gov. JB Pritzker delivered a tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson Friday afternoon at Jackson's memorial service, highlighting in particular his close relationship to the city of Chicago. Pritzker told ...

Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Ill., (left) and his brother Jesse Jackson Jr. join their siblings in speaking about their father outside their parents' home in Chicago on Feb. 18, the day after Jesse ...

Jesse Jackson speaking at AIDS rally, New York City, New York (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Updated March 6 with information about the Rev. Jesse ...

Jesse Jackson’s two runs, in 1984 and 1988, were the last Democratic presidential campaigns I had any interest in joining. Those campaigns, which, among other things, warned about the coming ...