The MLK Chorus was founded by Alvin Parris, a local minister, music director, and organist, in 1989. It was first called the ...

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

Jackson’s legacy traces back to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., where he was part of King’s inner circle. He was at the Memphis hotel with Dr. King when he was assassinated. Jackson later ran for ...

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

Jackson has been a leading voice for civil rights and worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Quad Cities leaders remember ...

A longtime associate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a two-time presidential candidate, Jackson forged enduring ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's life was tied tightly to the city of Chicago and its people going back to when he first arrived in ...

Born from his civil rights work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the product of two separate organizations fighting for social justice, economic opportunity and equal rights, Rev. Jesse Jackson, ...

Simmons College is deeply saddened by the passing of Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., a lifelong champion for justice, equity and human dignity.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state advocacy groups are joining voices around the nation mourning the death of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson.

The Philadelphia Council of Clergy honored Archbishop Pérez with the 2026 Trailblazer Award at the 2026 MLK Honor the Dreamer Awards.

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