In a speech at the Black History Month Reception at the White House, President Trump talked about Jesse Jackson, Atlanta and Herschel Walker.

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As the nation reflects on the life and legacy of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, educators and students in Atlanta say his passing is also a moment to look forward.

Atlanta’s historically Black colleges are honoring the legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who championed ...

The cradle of the Civil Rights Movement is mourning the loss of Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84.

From Sen. Raphael Warnock to Ambassador Andrew Young, Georgia officials and former Atlanta mayors remember Jesse Jackson as a ...

Atlanta leaders paused Tuesday to remember the Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon whose decades of activism left a ...

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., the civil rights icon who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., created economic opportunities for Black Americans and ran for president, has been released from the ...

Atlanta remembers the charismatic speaker who played a major role in national politics and in our own city. The post Georgia Leaders Mourn Passing of Civil Rights Icon Jesse Jackson appeared first on ...

American civil rights activist, politician and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders ...

Jackson’s ties to Atlanta go back to the 1960s, when he was a young organizer moving in the orbit of Dr King. He returned ...

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil-rights activist and Democratic political leader, has died. Jackson died in the early hours of Tuesday morning, local time, a spokeswoman for his family ...