In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson played an outsize role in American civic life, but less well remembered is how he used his influence to change Wall Street. In the mid-1990s, Jackson launched ...

The death of Rev. Jesse Jackson, the Chicago civil rights leader and political trailblazer who worked alongside Dr. Martin ...

Marshall's Music & Bookstore, one of the oldest Black-owned bookstores in the U.S., continues to preserve Black culture and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering figure in the Civil Rights Movement, died at 84.

Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

His life demonstrated the success of the civil-rights movement in opening political doors long closed to black Americans.

Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...

By Lawrence Delevingne and Michelle Conlin Feb 17 (Reuters) - On Wednesday, prominent Wall Street executives and investors ...