A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson is an American political icon. But above all, he’s a Southerner.

The march will be preceded at 8 a.m ... the Chicago-based human-rights nonprofit founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a "Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration" will be held from 10-11: ...

One or two oldsters close to Kennedy recalled the last so-called 'March on ... the staff of Martin Luther King. The murder of King was the crucial turning point in Jesse Jackson's life and his ...

There are a handful of photographs of Jesse Jackson that capture not only his unique place in history but that also ...