One of the US’s most prominent civil rights leaders who was a protege of Martin Luther King and a presidential hopeful ...

"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of the Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social justice activist, whose trailblazing presidential campaigns, built on a message of economic support and ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition ran for president twice and inspired millions.

From MLK’s office to Obama’s victory, one documentarian shares intimate memories of Jesse Jackson’s fearless push for justice.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.

Few players on the American stage of progressive politics have matched the complexity, determination and brilliance of the Rev. Jesse Jackson. He turned 84 on his last birthday; the fullness of his ...

Jesse Jackson, America’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon who gained worldwide acclaim for his work, died Tuesday at the age of 84, his family ...

Jesse Jackson's upbringing in SC shaped his mission for justice and propelled him to work for causes in his home state throughout his life.

The American civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson, died on Feb. 17 at the age of 84. His advisor, James Zogby, a pollster and co-founder of the Arab American Institute, traveled with Jackson ...

‘A Dream Deferred,’ out in October, focuses on the civil rights leader’s 1980s presidential campaigns CNN anchor Abby Phillip will publish a new biography about Rev. Jesse Jackson in fall 2025 A Dream ...