In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...

This is the third in a series of articles by Michigan Advance throughout February celebrating Black History Month.  Starting ...

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. served as the pastor of an Alabama church during the latter half of the 1950s, he would get food ...

I’m here to make trouble – good trouble. Good trouble is what we need now because we are in the fight of our lives. The fight ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated ...

Al Letson revisits a story about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin that he produced 16 years ago for Black History Month.

Jesse Jackson: Civil rights icon who built on mentor Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy and inspired a generation - OBITUARY: The ...

As the U.S. comes together to celebrate his life and legacy on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, TIME has compiled a number of lesser-known facts about the man whose unwavering ...

Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, reflects on his father's legacy and what he considers today's most urgent social justice issues.