Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights champion, is dead. He was 84. Jackson, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and a two-time Democratic presidential candidate, was a hugely influential voice in ...

The National Civil Rights Museum is hosting a three-day free public commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that will conclude on April 4, the 58th anniversary of the day the civil rights leader ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) - A half century ago, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Memphis to march in support of the city's striking sanitation workers. It was the last trip the Baptist minister ...

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 16, 2017, file photo, people wait in line to enter the National Civil Rights Museum on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Memphis, Tenn. The site is among about 130 locations in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights champion, is dead. He was 84. The two men had worked together since 1965, when they met in Selma, ...

Civil rights leader and two-time presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and was present at his assassination in 1968.