Rev. Jesse Jackson stands on Feb. 14, 2018 on the motel balcony in Memphis, Tenn. where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.

SAGINAW, MI —With Rev. Jesse Jackson set to visit Saginaw today, MLive looked into the civil rights icon's history, from his days marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to his advocacy on ...

He was there, in Memphis, with Martin Luther King Jr,, talking up to King on the balcony when the fatal shot rang out. He was there, months later, for the Poor People’s Campaign that King had ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Fifty years after he witnessed the assassination of his friend and mentor, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the pain is still raw for Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.In April 1968, Jackson was ...

Jesse Jackson says some of Martin Luther King's final words were a joke (Image: Daily Mirror) “And then - pow," he continues, closing his eyes for a long time, as if witnessing it all over again ...

Alveda King says Jackson shouldn't compare the "Occupy" movement to the civil rights movement of 60's that her uncle Martin Luther King led.

When Jesse Jackson Jr. ran for Congress in 1995, the 30-year-old was able to tap into his father’s national network of donors, including Bill Cosby, Johnnie Cochran and Don King.

There are several differences between Dr. Martin Luther King and his contemporaries Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton that made Dr. King far more effective in creating social change than either of ...

Jesse Jackson Jr: Meet Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King had recurrent severe depression. (So did Mahatma Gandhi.) King made two suicide attempts when a preteen.

If there is anybody in America who deserves to finally retire, it’s the Rev. Jesse Jackson. We know the job’s not finished, that racism still flourishes, that voting rights are under assault ...

If there is anybody in America who deserves to finally retire, it’s the Rev. Jesse Jackson. We know the job’s not finished, that racism still flourishes, that voting rights are under assault ...