Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jackson-Madison County Library converse as they look through papers during a Jackson-Madison County Library Board meeting in ...

Move follows request from local group to review 46 books they considered "harmful to minors." Board voted to require parental authorization for teens to access adult collection. Community leaders ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s family announced revised funeral arrangements Thursday afternoon for the Chicago-based civil rights icon and presidential candidate who died two days ago. The family said in a ...

SALISBURY — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate was 84. To ...

Born in the throes of Jim Crow, the Rev. Jesse Jackson “quickly became maladjusted to injustice. On the field of his life, his shoes were well-worn. His uniform, dirty with the stripes of imperfection ...

In the immediate aftermath of the Great Recession in October 2009, the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Las Vegas to deliver an address at the National Conference of Black Mayors. He also took the time to ...

Ms. Givhan is a contributing Opinion writer. The Rev. Jesse Jackson was always a standout in the way he dressed. But whom he dressed for, and why, are what made him exceptional. By 2008, when he was ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – On Tuesday morning, communities experienced the loss of South Carolina Native and civil rights leader, Reverend Jesse Jackson. A man whose work left a lasting impact on ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The death of Rev. Jesse Jackson has sparked conversations across the country and in West Michigan about his lasting impact. The 84-year-old civil rights icon died today ...

(AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at the age of 84, was known not just as a tireless advocate for the Civil Rights Movement but as one of its most dynamic orators. He spoke tirelessly ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who gained worldwide acclaim for his work, died Tuesday at the age of 84, his family confirmed in a statement. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the ...