Columbus leaders are mourning the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a prominent civil rights leader who died Feb. 17. Jackson died at age 84 from a progressive neurological disease. He was a Baptist ...

CHICAGO - The death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Chicago civil rights leader and political trailblazer who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has prompted an outpouring of tributes from across ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Reverend Jesse Jackson, a long-time civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate, passed away Tuesday at the age of 84. Jackson died following a battle with ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King’s assassination, ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader, Baptist minister and two-time presidential candidate, died Tuesday morning, his family said in a statement. He was 84 years old. "Our father was a ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s national civil rights legacy was felt personally in Pittsburgh, where friends, advocates and public officials say his repeated visits left an imprint on local leaders and ...

This browser does not support the Video element. He was a civil rights leader, a politician and community activist. He met Jacqueline Lavinia Brown, and they were married in 1962. Together, they had ...