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 CONVERSATION) Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev ... King aide Bernard Lafayette once said, “I mean, he cloned himself out of Martin Luther King.” In 1984, Jackson ...

Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s latest offers another family battle royale, and Andrew Scott dazzles in a one-man tour de force.

(John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout) SELMA — Sheyann Webb-Christburg was 8 years old when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. attempted ... presidential candidate Jesse Jackson in wheelchair; and at ...

SELMA, Alabama — Sheyann Webb-Christburg was eight years old when Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. attempted ... and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson in wheelchair and at far right ...