Jackson lay in honor at the South Carolina State Capitol on Monday. His ties to the state and Greenville, his hometown that ...

There is no question that Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. had a significant impact on the civil rights movement, Democratic Party politics and D.C.’s struggle for statehood. After I heard of his death, I ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who forged strong ties to Nashville through his longtime advocacy work, has ...

The Rev Jesse Jackson, a prominent civil rights activist and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, died Tuesday morning ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate.

U.S. Rep. Jonathan Jackson spoke at father Rev. Jesse Jackson's private funeral at Rainbow PUSH headquarters. These are his ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. was honored Monday in the state where he grew up under segregation with a hero’s memorial, his flag-draped casket under the Capitol’s rotunda and ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. gave a heartfelt and deeply emotional eulogy for his father Rev. Jesse Jackson at his private homegoing at Rainbow PUSH headquarters.

Flags were lowered to half-staff this morning in South Carolina, where civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in repose at the state capitol.

Jackson died Feb. 17 at age 84 after battling a rare neurological disorder that affected his mobility and ability to speak in ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Back in 1960, the story goes, a teenaged Jesse Jackson entered the whites-only branch of his hometown library with seven comrades-in-arms who’d be christened the Greenville Eight ...