When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals.

One race equity expert called the president's remarks "petty, unpresidential and disrespectful to Jackson’s legacy." ...

It was an evening in April 2011, and Barack Obama had just given the order to go ahead with the commando raid to kill Osama bin Laden when he took to a podium in a Washington hotel and grinned at ...

Jesse Jackson widened what "possible" meant, writes Imari K. Paris Jeffires. "He proved that a Black presidential candidacy could be a serious campaign that competed across regions and issues. That ...

Barack and Michelle Obama have two adult daughters, Malia and Sasha. Here's everything to know about their lives today, years ...

On the comedy program, Jackson paid tribute to famed author Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Seuss Geisel, who had recently passed ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH ...

"I think that Trump has done an awful lot to set race relations back by inciting fear in people," Jackson said during a 2020 interview.

Jackson's electoral successes during his presidential runs helped pave the way for Barack Obama's 2008 nomination as well as ...

Trump said ‘no other president’ had tried to pass criminal justice reform or long-term funding for historically Black colleges and universities, which was supported by Jackson ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at 84, had a profound impact on Florida's civil rights movement and political landscape, inspiring many leaders and activists.

"Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the ...