Both men sought the presidency. They came from different backgrounds, held different goals, and had radically different ...

JD Vance honored Jesse Jackson in a tweet, after the civil rights leader's demise.

Rochester is remembering the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights activist, Baptist minister, and two-time presidential candidate.

He made a number of trips to the county in the 1970s, ‘80s and ‘90s to work with local folks on behalf of residents overlooked by those in power.

"You can call yourself the owner, but really it's like you're a steward. ... It's our responsibility to build on it and then give it to the next generation." ...

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died at 84. Here's what we know about his legacy and the work he did in Illinois.

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of ...

The civil rights activist and presidential candidate made LGBTQ+ rights central to Democratic politics.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a long relationship with Detroit and Michigan, which its politicians and faith leaders remembered ...

A federal judge has ordered an exhibit about nine people enslaved by George Washington to be restored at his former home in Philadelphia after President Donald Trump’s administration took it down last ...

Those months revealed many things about America, not all as uplifting as the spirit that propelled the civil rights leader to second place in the Democratic presidential primary.