CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson sat in a wheelchair ... November 2008 when Barack Obama was elected the first Black president. For ...

Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, ...

Broadway’s “Purpose,” by Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, tackles the legacy of the civil rights movement ...

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 ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson ... onstage in a wheelchair. Jackson, 82 years old, made a strong run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984, a first for a Black American.

The Democratic National Convention's (DNC) opening night honored one of the most influential civil rights figures Rev. Jesse ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. will host afternoons on WVON-AM, Chicago's historic Black radio station, Monday through Thursday.

(THE CONVERSATION) Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th ...