OBITUARY: The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the American civil rights movement, has passed away at the age of ...

Jackson once explained the purpose behind his activism with characteristic clarity, saying, “We have to build a movement that ...

As a student in North Carolina A&T, Jackson gradually became involved with the civil rights movement. In 1960, he was ...

Jesse Jackson was never just a politician. He was a presence.

With the exception of a brief rift in 2008, the two publicly maintained mutual respect. A family representative told Snopes the rumor was false.

He died peacefully on Tuesday morning surrounded by his family, they say in a statement.

Obama and Michelle Obama mourn Rev. Jesse Jackson, hailing the civil rights leader as a towering force for justice and equality.

Jackson's legacy is not one of triumph or failure, but of persistent contradiction – a reminder that courage without ...

Mixing praise with petty digs, Trump claimed during his days as a New York real estate tycoon he was friends with Jackson, whom he said “couldn’t stand” Barack Obama.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.

Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to ‘keep hope alive’ in honor of his legacy.