On the comedy program, Jackson paid tribute to famed author Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Seuss Geisel, who had recently passed ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson’s first presidential campaign was as electrifying as anything I had witnessed in my short life.

President Donald Trump issued a statement Tuesday on the death of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson that included ...

Former president Barack Obama said Jackson "laid the foundation for my own campaign to the highest office of the land" ...

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

In March 2007, Jackson pledged his support for Barack Obama's campaign to become the first African American in the White ...

Trump said ‘no other president’ had tried to pass criminal justice reform or long-term funding for historically Black ...

Hours after Reverend Jesse Jackson's death, President Donald Trump memorialized the civil rights pioneer in a way only Trump ...

He died peacefully on Tuesday morning surrounded by his family, they say in a statement.

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

Mr. Jackson’s presidential campaigns created a pathway for scores of Black Democrats to run for office, with many making ...

President Trump used the death of civil right activist Jesse Jackson to take a cheap shot at former President Barack ...