Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to ‘keep hope alive’ in honor of his legacy. Jackson led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades. The protege of the ...

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Political leaders across Illinois mourned Rev. Jesse Jackson’s death and nodded to the decades-long movement he championed after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his mentor.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, had a profound impact on Florida's civil rights movement and political ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in ...

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84. The icon of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond was remembered by ...

Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in ...

My religion obligates me to be political, but my politics don’t obligate me to be religious,” said Jackson — frequently ...

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President Donald Trump issued a statement Tuesday on the death of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson that included insults directed at former President Barack Obama and Democrats in general.

Obama aides have described how they underestimated Donald Trump before his 2016 presidential run, even as his influence grew online and in politics.