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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was 1963 when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered ... it’s bigger than me," Jackson said of his upbringing. "I was always going to care for people regardless. But specifically, my people.” When ...

Hosted by the Memphis chapter of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based human-rights nonprofit founded by the Rev.

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 ...

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 ...

At the 36th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, the Rainbow PUSH coalition will gather with business and civic leaders and city officials to honor the work of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.