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 anniversary of “Bloody ...

The older son, named for his father, is the more obviously wayward. Raised to uphold Solomon’s political legacy, Junior (Glenn Davis) instead tarnished it when, as a state senator, he was convicted of ...

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

The Democratic National Convention's (DNC) opening night honored one of the most influential civil rights figures Rev. Jesse ... Black person to run for president on the Democratic ticket, Jackson ...

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.

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

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 anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” ...