The 10,000-seat House of Hope was filled with lawmakers as people from all walks of life came to pay their final respects to the Rev. Jesse Lewis Jackson.

A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged Friday at the South ...

Several speakers at Jackson's funeral invoked his hallmark catchphrases: "Keep hope alive" and "I am somebody." ...

Judge Greg Mathis reflects on the “father figure” influence Rev. Jesse Jackson had on his life after first meeting the civil rights leader as a troubled teenager. Judge Greg Mathis is honoring the ...

Television Judge Greg Mathis is well known to audiences, having arbitrated countless cases on national television for nearly three decades. But what audiences may not know is that the Judge Mathis ...

“He was a father figure…the most influential person, male in my life,” Mathis told theGrio. Television Judge Greg Mathis is well known to audiences, having arbitrated countless cases on national ...

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Judge Greg Mathis sits down with theGrio's Gerren Keith Gaynor to reflect on the life and legacy of his mentor Rev. Jesse Jackson, whom he met in the 1970s from a Detroit jail. "There would really be ...

SUPPORT A LINK TO DONATE IS ON THE SHELTER’S WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE. A MARSHALLTOWN COUPLE RAN INTO A LITTLE WEDDING DAY HICCUP YESTERDAY. THE JUDGE WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO MARRY THEM DIDN’T SHOW UP.

Warning: this item includes The Masked Singer spoilers for Season 14 — read at your own risk! While 14K Carrot has been framed as a Motown-style singer, the clues point much more clearly to television ...

Charles Robert Mathis IV, known affectionately as Robbie, age 65, a resident of Holly Hill, Florida, passed away on January 22, 2026. He was born on December 2, 1960, in Gainesville, Florida, to ...