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 ...
A surge in mixed-use developments continues to breathe new life into the historic King Drive, but some say there is still ...
The events are presented by the nonprofit Friends of the Library of Collier County at the Hilton Naples.
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.
9:30AM: Portions of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway and Fairfax Street in Jacksonville are closed Monday morning due to a traffic accident with injuries. Jacksonville police sent a notification about ...
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 ...