Jesse Jackson was never just a politician. He was a presence.

Jackson led a lifetime of crusades in the United States and abroad, advocating for the poor and underrepresented on issues ...

Jackson, a Greenville native, was one of eight Black students to stage a sit-in at the whites-only Greenville County Public ...

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

Civil rights leader crisscrossed Akron-Canton area over the past 60 years. Here are some highlights from those visits.

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

Jackson is survived by his wife Jacqueline Lavinia Brown, and their five children Santita Jackson, former Rep. Jesse L.

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Celebrated civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson died early Tuesday, his family said in a ...

A portrait of Joseph Smith Jr., the first prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is unveiled. The ceremony took place Feb. 1 in the Martin Luther King Jr.

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the request from the family of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. for him to lie in honor at the Capitol.

Between two paintings — one depicting America’s Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, and the other showing the 17th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Russell M. Nelson — ...

A Vermont woman is reflecting on the lasting legacy that her father, Rev. Vernon Carter, left on the New England civil rights movement. With the start of Black History Month, communities across the ...