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

Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...

A Detroit production of 'The Mountaintop' offers a cathartic experience, exploring Martin Luther King Jr.'s humanity amid renewed racial tensions.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the same day Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a gardener on the streets of Clovis, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate who died Feb. 17, advocated for years for ...

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader and protégé of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died at home surrounded by family. Hearts ...

When we think about Martin Luther King Jr., we picture the marches, the speeches, and the history-making moments. What we don’t always picture is him sitting down after church, enjoying a proper ...

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement after the revered leader's assassination, died Tuesday.

On the same day Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a gardener on the streets of Clovis, Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer criticized the tactics federal agents have been employing nationwide as ones ...

While the end of Oakland Theater Project's production of "The Mountaintop"- Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Katori Hall’s imagining of the last night of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life - is no ...

Let’s visit one of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speeches. No, not that one. I’m talking about the address he delivered on April 14, 1967, titled “The Other America.” It lays out King’s political and ...