"And the message he sent to a 22-year-old child of a single mother, with a funny name — an outsider — was that maybe there ...

The final service for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson was one of love, laughter, tears and inspiration. Saturday's events were the culmination of days of homegoing services for the reverend who died Feb.

Courtney Carson did not want to go to the Decatur church that November day in 1999 when the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to town for a rally. To do so, he remembered all these years later, was to admit a ...

Three former Democratic presidents are set to speak at a Chicago church as mourners pay a final public tribute to the late ...

The Chicago-based Baptist minister was a mainstay in the Civil Rights Movement and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Yet there are some aspects of the outspoken orator’s life that might have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — With the sun shining brightly on them, the family of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke Wednesday morning at their South ...

Vice President JD Vance, former Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama were among the prominent political figures who issued statements following the death of Rev. Jesse ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Courtney Carson did not want to go to the Decatur church that November day in 1999 when the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to town for a ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. As a Civil Rights icon, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.’s legacy shines as a ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, president of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and two-time presidential candidate, died Feb. 17 at the age of 84. Leadership within historically Black faith institutions honor Jackson's ...

In 1988, the Reverend Jesse Jackson ended his outsider campaign for president with a stirring speech for the history books: "We must never surrender. America will get better and better. Keep hope ...