Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. delivered a passionate and intimate eulogy for his father, civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, reflecting on what he believes is his real legacy in American ...

Democrats are gearing up for a bruising presidential primary as they argue over how to rebuild a winning coalition. The debate sharpens after the recent death of Rev.

At King College Prep on Chicago’s South Side, high schoolers got a crash course about the civil rights leader after his death ...

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Reverend Jesse Jackson surprised me during a trip to his home state of South Carolina. He asked that I join him in the hospital room of his dying mother, Helen Burns Jackson. I had accompanied him in ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to lie in honor at the United States Capitol, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile ...

This story is a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. Peggy Shepard walked into her living room on Tuesday morning when her husband told ...

When new Ravens offensive coordinator Declan Doyle emphasized the importance of offseason workouts, he didn’t single out any one player. He didn’t need to. Doyle undoubtedly was talking about, and to, ...

In 1988, as the Reverend Jesse Jackson was making his second presidential bid, I left the campaign trail, where I was covering the eventual Democratic nominee, Michael Dukakis, to make a personal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. In 1994, the Rev. Jesse Jackson declared war on Hollywood. The civil rights leader, who died Tuesday, set his ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be memorialized in Chicago during funeral services in the coming weeks, his family said on Wednesday. The civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate died ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Jesse Jackson, with his wife Jacqueline, concedes ...