The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week, ran for president twice, leading more Black voters to register. The year after his second run, a Black mayor, David Dinkins, won in New York.

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

Clothes identified Mr. Jackson as in between. He was part of a transition. His clothing choices were exclamation points to his preacherly oratory. They were an emphatic expression of identity in ...

Long after he twice ran for president, Jackson repeatedly engaged with Portland communities during pivotal moments.

“Jesse Jackson is one of the very most significant political leaders in this country in the last 100 years,” declared Senator Bernie Sanders, summarizing the importance of Jackson’s remarkable life ...

Both men sought the presidency. They came from different backgrounds, held different goals, and had radically different ...

Jesse Jackson's death on Tuesday at age 84 has Jonathan Wolfe revisiting a speech that "is regarded as one of the most ...

The civil rights icon, preacher, and political trailblazer spent more than six decades turning faith into action, leaving behind a legacy that reshaped American politics and kept hope alive.

As Reverend Jesse Jackson navigated a tricky relationship with the Jewish community in the late 1980s and early 1990s, former ADL chief Abraham Foxman had a front-row seat. “I was very critical of him ...

Bhattacharya will be the third leader of the embattled CDC, the nation’s top public health agency, during President Donald Trump’s second term. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly fired ...

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@revjjackson) Tributes continue to pour in after the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, a protégé of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who became ...

Jesse Jackson visited Wisconsin countless times, during Act 10 and the Cudahy strike to Kenosha following the shooting of Jacob Blake in 2020.