On the night that Barack Obama was elected president in November 2008, Jesse Jackson, who has died aged 84, was there among the vast crowds that gathered in Chicago’s Grant Park, tears streaming down ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who rose from the front lines of the civil rights movement to become one of America’s most prominent ...

Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson will take place the next two weeks in several locations across the U.S. Organized by Jackson's family and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Celebration of Life ...

Memorial services for Rev. Jesse Jackson will take place over the next two weeks in several locations across the U.S. including Columbia, South Carolina. Organized by Jackson's family and the Rainbow ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. A week before the Super Tuesday Democratic primary in 1988, I spent a few days on the campaign trail with the ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a leader of the Civil Rights Movement, died at 84. Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and mentor of the Rev. Al Sharpton.

A day after former presidents, sitting governors and local Chicago residents alike attended a vibrant, televised celebration ...

A crescendo of voices from the worlds of religion, politics, business, sports and entertainment converged at the House of ...

The large-scale, public event in Chicago on Friday caps two weeks of memorials for Mr. Jackson, the civil rights leader, who ...