Look back at the late Rev. Jesse Jackson's most memorable quotes, from Democratic National Convention speeches and more.
Rev. Jesse Jackson had three sons and three daughters ...
The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died, a Rainbow Push Coalition spokesperson confirmed ...
An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...
The young man is the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The stoop is on the set of “Sesame Street,” in 1972. The ...
Jesse Jackson, second from right, singing “We Shall Overcome” with the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, left, the Rev. Dr.
“My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised,” the Rev. Jesse Jackson intoned in 1984 during his address at the Democratic National Convention in ...
Mr. Jackson’s presidential campaigns created a pathway for scores of Black Democrats to run for office, with many making ...
Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in ...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson entered the national spotlight during the civil rights movement and ran for president twice. He also ...
Reverend Jackson is survived by his wife, Jacqueline; their children — Santita, Jesse Jr., Jonathan, Yusef, Jacqueline; daughter Ashley Jackson, and grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his ...
The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in ...