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

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

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

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

Jesse Jackson was never just a politician. He was a presence.

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

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Jackson's family on Feb. 18 revealed preliminary funeral plans for the longtime activist who died at 84 following a lengthy ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson has died. He was 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King was assassinated in 1968.

Jackson was touted as “King’s successor” after the civil rights icon was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, where the two had just reconciled.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis and maintained decades‑long ties to the city’s activism, has died. Here's what to know.