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

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An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force who formed a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people. His mission, he said, was “to transform the mind of America.” ...

In 1983, The Associated Press profiled the Rev. Jesse Jackson when he was a 41-year-old civil rights activist preparing his ...

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 ...

While known for his civil rights activism, Jackson also ran for president in 1984, becoming the second African American to do ...

President Donald Trump and his administration have sanctioned violence toward immigrants and ordinary American citizens. Based on new evidence, a majority of his core supporters think that’s fine.

U.S.-brokered talks have taken Russian and Ukrainian delegations to Geneva although both sides are far apart on issues such ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in presidential politics.

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

His family said in a statement that Mr. Jackson “died peacefully,” but did not give a cause. He was hospitalized in November for treatment of a rare neurodegenerative condition.