Chicago plays host to public observances for the civil rights icon, who died at 84.

Standing outside Rainbow PUSH headquarters, Randle reflects on entering, knowing he won't see his role model anymore.

An ordained Baptist minister, Rev. Jesse Jackson championed a campaign to unify faith groups around common social ills, Black faith leaders say.

Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at 84 after battling a rare neurological condition, prompting President Donald Trump to honor him as "truly special."

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national movement for economic and social justice.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition ran for president twice and inspired millions.

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be memorialized in Chicago during funeral services in the coming weeks, his family said on Wednesday. The civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate died Tuesday at 84 after a battle with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy.

President Donald Trump issued a statement Tuesday on the death of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson that included insults directed at former President Barack Obama and Democrats in general.

One race equity expert called the president's remarks "petty, unpresidential and disrespectful to Jackson’s legacy."