From the courtroom to the track, these films tell the stories of icons who dared to dream and challenge the status quo to ...

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

His family said he “died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family." By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a widely respected U.S. civil rights leader, has ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 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 ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson's legacy goes beyond his trailblazing work in the Civil Rights Movement to his family of six children. The activist died on Feb. 17 at the age of 84. His children announced his ...

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

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In 1942, James G. Thompson, of Wichita, Kansas, addressed a letter to the editor of The Pittsburgh Courier with a simple question. While working in the cafeteria of a local defense plant, Thompson, ...

CHICAGO — From the moment the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward as torchbearer to what was then a largely Southern civil rights struggle — a movement with much unfinished business — he created a ...

Following the death of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson on Tuesday, social media users are remembering his appearance on “Sesame Street.” The civil rights leader went on the show in 1972, leading a group of ...