Broadway’s “Purpose,” by Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, tackles the legacy of the civil rights movement ...

Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who requested a pardon, did not receive one. In a statement, Jackson expressed disappointment and criticized the Biden administration for failing to address ...

CHICAGO — A day after former Governor Rod Blagojevich received a presidential pardon, former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is calling for millions more. Jackson Jr. addressed the public Tuesday ...

Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. and Rahm Emanuel are two peas in a pod. Say what, you say? Wondering where the twain meet with these veteran politicians? They may be radically different in myriad ways ...

A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson is an American political ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson right, embraces Fred Hampton Jr., left, after a vigil for Laquan McDonald, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Chicago. Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke was charged Tuesday with ...

There are a handful of photographs of Jesse Jackson that capture not only his ... at the Lorraine Motel when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. He was captured in a now-famous ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th ...