For over six decades, Reverend Jesse Jackson has shaped American civil rights, politics, and social justice. He has tirelessly worked to advance the rights of African Americans and champion ...

A psychiatrist at Harvard and an adviser to Jesse Jackson and Bill Cosby, he challenged Black Americans to stand up to ...

And, it was clear that many of the people there -- it was not that they were opposed to the idea of a Black running for President, but for several of them, they did not want Jesse Jackson to be ...

CHICAGO — Records from former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s divorce case show how he has been able to collect hefty benefit checks from the federal government after serving time in prison for ...

Roberta Flack's intimate vocal and musical style on "Killing Me Softly with His Song" and other hits made her one of the top recording artists of the 1970s and an influential performer long after ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the stage at the Democratic National Convention, waves to the crowd. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) The crowd rose to a standing ovation as Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the nation’s most recognized civil rights leaders, is founder and president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a civil rights organization in Chicago. He was a ...