Savannah Mayor Van Johnson ordered flags to fly at half-staff to honor civil rights pioneer Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Feb.

Across six decades, Jesse Jackson transformed himself from a 6'3˝ college quarterback into a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has ordered all flags in Iowa fly at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Friday in honor of the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson leaves behind a movement that lacks a single unifying leader, but his legacy of inclusion could help it carry on.

The protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate will lie in repose for two days at the ...

Jackson was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. before carving out his own place in the African-American struggle ...

Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson began on Thursday in Chicago, where the late civil rights icon, Baptist minister and politician lay in repose at the headquarters of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition ...

Judge Greg Mathis is honoring the late Rev. Jesse Jackson by reflecting on the "father figure" role he played throughout his life and career.

On October 8th, 1941, Jesse Jackson was born into a world where he could not walk into the same buildings as his white neighbors or check out a book at the local library. He could not go to school ...

Cross-country memorial services for the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. are set to begin Thursday in Chicago, the city the late civil rights leader ...

Today's picture of the day, that was captured by late AP photographer Charles Kelly, shows Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. flanked by other civil rights leaders. The image was taken just a day before King ...

Jackson’s legacy is defined by his unique ability to bridge the struggles of the American South with the global quest for human dignity. His death marks the closing of a remarkable chapter in the long ...