House Speaker Mike Johnson denied the request, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile figures were ...

When Brown made his third White House bid in 1992, his relationship with Jackson became an issue. At one point, Brown suggested that Jackson might be his running mate, but it drew condemnation from ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a civil rights icon and a regular presence in Philadelphia who energized Black voters both locally and nationally for more than five decades, died Tuesday at his home in ...

In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, died ...

People in the metro area are mourning the death of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson. His family says he died at the age of 84. Jackson touched so many lives here in the Atlanta area. He helped ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, died at 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and mentor of the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Throughout his life, Lincoln moved frequently. He lived in Kentucky from 1809–1816, Indiana from 1816–1830 and Illinois from ...

2015: Little League International took away the Jackie Robinson West team’s national championship, saying its officials knowingly fielded players who lived outside the team’s residential boundaries — ...

Today, Americans will pay tribute to the late civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemorates the life and legacy of King, who was born on Jan. 15, 1929, and became ...

A Los Angeles parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr. quickly spiraled into chaos Monday when a fight broke out, leading to a stabbing, while a cop was assaulted near the melee, according to police.