In 1988, the Reverend Jesse Jackson ended his outsider campaign for president with a stirring speech for the history books: "We must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope ...

In May 2000, a few months before I left my native southeastern Kentucky to attend college in Washington, D.C., the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to a nearby town. The civil rights leader and two-time ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals. “If I can become president,” ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at age 84, is being remembered as "a role model for a generation," in the words of Marc Morial, the president of National Urban League, the civil rights ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died at age 84, his family announced Tuesday. A statement from the reverend's family said he died peacefully surrounded by family members. "Our ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the two-time presidential candidate and activist who was the dominant figure in Black politics from the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. until the emergence of ...

President Barack Obama led tributes to the legendary civil rights activist and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday aged 84. The former president and his wife Michelle ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a child of Southern segregation who rose to national prominence as a powerful voice for ...

The civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84, his family announced. "He died peacefully on Tuesday morning, surrounded by his family," they said. "Our father was a servant ...

Celebrated civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson died early Tuesday, his family said in a statement, after battling the neurodegenerative disorder progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). He was ...