The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, died at 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther ...

Civil rights leader and Baptist minister Jesse Jackson died at 84. His family described him as a “servant leader” who uplifted the oppressed and voiceless. He founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and ...

CHICAGO — 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 ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who fought alongside the Martin Luther King Jr., has died following a lengthy illness, according to USA TODAY. He was 84. Jackson, a Baptist minister, was ...

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 ...

Activist and minister Jesse Jackson passed away in February, but his politics are still haunting his family and the state of Illinois from beyond the grave. “[Jackson’s] example has been a north star ...

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition has tapped Yusef Jackson, the youngest son of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., as its new leader, the ...

The Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced a leadership transition following the death of its founder, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just days before the competitive Illinois Democratic Senate primary set for Tuesday, candidate Lt. Gov Juliana Stratton rolled out ...

As mourners gathered to remember the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, his son used the moment to challenge how some of the most prominent political figures in the country described the civil rights leader.

FILE - Democratic presidential hopeful Jesse Jackson with his wife, Jacqueline, salutes the cheering crowd at Operation Push in Chicago, March 10, 1988. (AP Photo/Fred Jewell, File) FILE - Democratic ...