Chef Cliff Rome has cooked for a president, helped shape global relationships through food and is now building the culinary vision for the upcoming Obama Presidential Center. Rome visited Ottawa ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition ran for president twice and inspired millions.

Before moving to Washington, D.C., the Obamas spent their early years in Chicago, where Barack served as a state senator after marrying Michelle on Oct. 3, 1992. The pair welcomed their first child, ...

The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center was founded in 1961 by Dr. Margaret Taylor Burroughs. The DuSable Black ...

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.

My religion obligates me to be political, but my politics don’t obligate me to be religious,” said Jackson — frequently introduced to audiences as the Country Preacher — at a 1985 news ...

A personal encounter with Rev. Jesse Jackson reveals the civil rights leader's lasting impact on American politics through his Rainbow Coalition work.

Donald Trump responded to the death of civil rights icon Jesse Jackson by claiming he isn't racists and attacking Democrats.

Sasha Obama grew up in the most public of spotlights, but Barack Obama and Michelle Obama's daughter has been leading as normal a life as possible since moving out of the White House.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

The famed activist, Baptist minister and protégé of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, made two bids for the presidency ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s ...