CHICAGO — A day after former presidents, sitting governors and local Chicago residents alike attended a vibrant, televised celebration for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the family and friends who ...

Civil rights trailblazer and political groundbreaker Jesse Jackson went to his grave envying Barack Obama because he stole his dream of becoming the nation’s first Black president. Both men are ...

Detroit Pistons Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas recalled growing up in the 1960s looking up to Jesse Jackson as a civil rights hero. “We had just come out of Jim Crow,” Thomas said. “When society was ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Rev. Jesse Jackson died Tuesday at the age of 84. The civil rights leader had a rare neurodegenerative disease. His family and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition have released a new schedule ...

Hundreds of people honored the late Rev. Jesse Jackson in South Carolina on Monday with a public visitation at the State House and later a memorial at Brookland Baptist Church. Many never met or knew ...

Soldrea Roberts grew up around the corner from the late civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson’s nonprofit, Rainbow PUSH Coalition, on the south side of Chicago. She remembers seeing him around in ...

It wasn't his last music video but even so, it was nice. It had a good story, sharp choreography, and pretty good acting between the duo. Much like 'The Way You Make Me Feel', Michael tries to woo a ...

Today, the legacy of Michael Jackson is deeply mixed. While a forthcoming biopic, Michael aims to celebrate the iconic singer's rise to fame, there's still plenty of questions about Jackson's alleged ...

Gov. Richard Riley, left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson campaigning in support of Jimmy Carter for President in 1980. File Photograph The State COLUMBIA, S.C. The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in state at ...

Jesse Jackson held many titles. Reverend. Civil Rights leader. Democratic presidential candidate. Washington, DC's shadow senator in Congress. Jackson, who died Feb. 17 after a long illness, was also ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) denied a request to allow the late Jesse Jackson to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol, drawing a rebuke from the NAACP civil rights organization. “Mike Johnson ...

WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in honor in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, according to two sources familiar with the matter.