In the 1980s, Alfonzo Jones was a talented dead ringer for the King of Pop and traveled in the same circles. Four decades later, he's ready for his own spotlight ...

“Something let loose in the amplifier and put out a tremendous power surge,” says engineer Matt Forger ...

Jackson backed up rural imagery with an "economic populism grounded in the struggles facing everyday Americans," writes Cory ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals.

This story was originally published in the March 24, 1988 issue of Rolling Stone. Every seat in the high-school auditorium in Hibbing, Minnesota, was filled, and all the white faces strained forward, ...

Oop! Despite Michael Jackson’s estate labeling her cover as “unauthorized,” Sexyy Red is still jamming and dancing along to her version of “Beat It.” RELATED: Spokesperson For Michael Jackson’s Estate ...

Handsome and dynamic, an orator with a flair for memorable rhyme, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was the first Black candidate for ...

In May 1988, presidential candidate Jesse Jackson held a rally in Eugene, Oregon. An estimated 10,000 people packed into McArthur Court to hear him speak. Jackson also addressed an overflow crowd of ...

Though he didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president in either year, Jesse Jackson’s moving speeches at the conventions called on the party to care more about the marginalized. By James C.

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as the founder and longtime leader of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a Chicago-based civil rights organization, but he also played a pivotal role in ...

In 1988 I was still finding my bearings as a newly hired photographer for The Register-Guard. Two weeks after my start day, on May 12, then-presidential candidate Jesse Jackson came to town. Jackson ...