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 ...

A new report claims former President Barack Obama and his then-national security advisor, Susan Rice, were so distraught ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for ...

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

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

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

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

Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to ‘keep hope alive’ in honor of his legacy.

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

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as a longtime civil rights leader, but he also played a pivotal role in presidential politics.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with CNN's Abby Phillip about the life and legacy of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, who ...