Both organizations were founded by the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the Civil Rights movement. Attendees at the breakfast included Chicago ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson The Rev. Jesse Jackson stands on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tenn. (Mark Humphrey/AP ...

son of Reverend Jesse Jackson, the founder and president of Rainbow PUSH Coalition, ended the program with some wise words. "The world wants to simply call him Dr. Martin Luther King. But you ...

Hosted by the Memphis chapter of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based human-rights nonprofit founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a "Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration" will be ...

Jesse Jackson, Dorothy Cotton and more. The impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s activism is still reverberating through American politics and culture to this day, an enduring significance that ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Thousands across the Chicago area came together for the 36th annual Martin ... celebrates King's legacy alongside the work of Rainbow PUSH founder the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Jan. 20 is a federally observed holiday in honor of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Over the weekend, communities across Chicago will host events and service opportunities to honor the ...