Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition ran for president twice and inspired millions.

With the exception of a brief rift in 2008, the two publicly maintained mutual respect. A family representative told Snopes ...

In finding words about the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton said that “he trusted me with responsibility and saw something in me.” ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson battled alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was regarded as one of the world's best-known Black activists.

The Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland on Tuesday honored the life and legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson following the ...

The country legend has another reason to smile. Daughter Mattie shared the first photo of baby Charlie Ann Smith.

WIVB-TV (Channel 4) and WNLO-TV Vice President and General Manager Joe Abouzeid is leaving the CBS affiliate owned by Nexstar ...

“My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson intoned in 1984 during his address at the Democratic National Convention in ...

North Carolina A&T State University is mourning the loss of alumnus and civil rights champion Rev. Jesse Jackson. Family announced that Jackson died peacefully on ...

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell said Jackson’s life was a testament to the power of faith, moral conviction, and unrelenting activism, ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights leader, minister, and politician, who was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr ...