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

Channyn Lynne Parker, the CEO of Equality Illinois, speaks with David Masciotra on progressive politics and threats to civil rights.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The nation and the world are mourning the loss of civil rights leader and political figure Jesse Jackson, who passed away today at 84-years-old. The Greenville, South ...

CHICAGO (AP) — From jokes about his well-known stubbornness to tears grieving the loss of a parent, the adult children of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. gave an emotional tribute Wednesday honoring the ...

Jackson's death sparks tributes, vows to continue his fight for racial justice Trump offers condolences, remembers Jackson Civil rights leaders emphasize organizing, voter outreach to honor Jackson's ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famed civil rights leader who marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, has died, his family says. He was 84. He died peacefully on Tuesday ...

Many New York leaders are sharing their thoughts after Rev. Jesse Jackson, the famous civil rights leader, died Tuesday morning. Very few people worked as closely with or were as molded by Jackson as ...

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 ...

• The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died at age 84. His son, Jesse Jackson Jr., told CNN that ...

As Essex County College stood on the brink of losing its accreditation late in the last decade, state Sen. Britnee Timberlake remembered the anxiety hanging over students who depended on the school as ...

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died at the age of 84 after a long illness. Jackson was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and a two-time Democratic presidential candidate. Political ...