A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged at the House of ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South Side’s House of Hope, providing a requiem to the vast reach of ...

Bernard LaFayette, who died March 5, was instrumental in the organization of students across Nashville to protest segregated lunch counters in 1960.

At Operation PUSH on Chicago’s South Side, the work of civil rights leader Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. reached millions of viewers through television broadcasts, rallies, and marches. But behind the ...

The civil rights organizer helped lead the student sit-ins that desegregated Nashville’s lunch counters and later became a ...

The celebration of life is being held Friday, March 6, and includes former presidents, music legends and thousands of adoring people.

Fifty-two years ago, a group of courageous women lawyers refused to remain silent while the rights of women and girls were denied ...

President Barack Obama delivered a moving tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson during the civil rights leader's "Homegoing" service on Friday.

"And the message he sent to a 22-year-old child of a single mother, with a funny name — an outsider — was that maybe there ...

Former President Barack Obama, speaking at the funeral services for Rev. Jesse Jackson​ Friday afternoon, credited Jackson's presidential runs in the 1980s with setting the stage for other Black ...