The Rev. Jesse Jackson was in Birmingham on a summer day in 2008 and visited with the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, the final ...

U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell said Jackson’s life was a testament to the power of faith, moral conviction, and unrelenting activism, and that his voice uplifted countless communities and inspired change ...

Across Alabama, a state central to the struggle that shaped his life’s work, reactions from officials to his death have ...

Mr. Jackson often spoke about Greenville, S.C., in his speeches, returning home several times to fight for change — and for a ...

U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures remembers his time with Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson, who died early this morning. Figures ...

Alabama’s two Democratic representatives in Congress are reacting to the death of the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84.

Alabama leaders mourn the passing of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a key civil rights activist whose legacy spans decades.

"My introduction to Jesse Jackson, Sr. was not as the Civil Rights champion and icon, but as a friend of my father. My dad, ...

For Black History Month, docuseries 'Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History' parses what has unified and divided the ...