The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in ...

Celebrated civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson died early Tuesday, his family said in a statement, after battling ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in ...

Both men sought the presidency. They came from different backgrounds, held different goals, and had radically different ...

I interacted with him, on and off, for 30 years. He was brilliant, at times electrifying, and at times confounding.

Before Democrats fractured, Jackson united workers across race and region — and provided a model for today’s party ...

Jesse Jackson was the first Black presidential candidate to be competitive, blazing a trail for Barack Obama’s path to the ...

In 1988, the power brokers of the Democratic Party watched a Chicago civil rights leader, a maverick with a movement he called a "Rainbow Coalition," start to threaten the presidential candidacy of ...

In 1988, the power brokers of the Democratic Party watched a Chicago civil rights leader, a maverick with a movement he called a “Rainbow Coalition,” start to threaten the presidential candidacy of ...

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.

President Trump called Rev. Jesse Jackson “a force of nature” and so he was. Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, was the last ...

There are some aspects of the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s life that might have been forgotten. Here’s a look back at them.