Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...
In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the ...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday after a career in activism and politics during a national transformation in civil rights and inequality, where he worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
Jesse Jackson, second from right, singing “We Shall Overcome” with the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson, left, the Rev. Dr.