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CHICAGO (AP) — From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed ...

The former president delivered a moving tribute, reflecting on Jackson’s lifelong fight for justice as leaders, activists, ...

Isiah Thomas, the Hall-of-Fame basketball player, was among several high-profile speakers at Jackson's funeral on the south side of Chicago on Friday.

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Former President Barack Obama took a swipe at President Donald Trump, without mentioning him by name, at the final public tribute to the late civil rights leader, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.

Obama chides Trump administration in remarks at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s memorial service - Former presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton and former Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke ...

Jesse Jackson passed away in February at the age of 84 after battling Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare ...

The NBA family just learned this afternoon that Bill Russell, the 11-time champion and Hall of Fame icon of the Boston Celtics, who used that fame to further the civil rights cause in the United ...

The MLS Cup champions’ players are put in a conundrum: lend credence to a problematic administration, or sit out and draw heat ...