The life of Rev. Jesse Jackson is being celebrated. Chicago and the nation said goodbye to Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday.

By the time the public celebration for Rev. Jesse Jackson reached its fifth hour on Chicago’s South Side, it had become clear ...

The People's Celebration, allowed former presidents, family members, and more to honor the icon of the Civil Rights Movement.

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

The message he sent to a 22-year-old child of a single mother with a funny name, an outsider, was that maybe there wasn’t any place or any room where we didn’t belong.” ...

Former president Barack Obama, standing before a cross-draped podium at the House of Hope, told mourners: “This man, Reverend Jesse Lewis Jackson, inspires us to take a harder path. His voice calls on ...

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

Isiah Thomas said Kamala Harris and Hillary Clinton were among the "five presidents" in attendance at Jesse Jackson's ...

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Former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are speaking at the event, which also features music from Chicago native Jennifer Hudson. Other attendees include Sen. Dick Durbin and Mr. T.

CHICAGO — From former presidents to an NBA Hall of Famer to prominent church pastors, stories of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr.’s influence on politics, corporate boardrooms and picket lines loomed large ...