The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Reaction poured in early Tuesday morning from national leaders and friends who learned of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson’s passing overnight, with family members still coming to terms with the ...

Republican Senator Tim Scott says the AI-generated clip President Trump posted depicting Michelle and Barack Obama as monkeys is “the most racist thing” he’s seen from the administration. “Praying it ...

President Trump also remembers Jackson as a "force of nature" with "lots of personality, grit and street smarts".

Jackson was a Chicago icon for decades, founding the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and engaging in a series of movements to promote ...

Across Alabama, a state central to the struggle that shaped his life’s work, reactions from officials to his death have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump has shared a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes in a late-night Truth Social posting spree — ...

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who gained worldwide acclaim for his work, died Tuesday at the age of 84, his family confirmed in a statement. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights leader, minister, and politician, who was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and in the 1980s reshaped Democratic politics with two galvanizing ...