Though he didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president in either year, Jesse Jackson’s moving speeches at the conventions called on the party to care more about the marginalized. By James C.

ROANOKE, VA. – Southwest Virginia is pausing to remember a giant of the civil rights movement — Rev. Jesse Jackson — and the mark he left on our region over decades. A defining voice of the civil ...

This morning, it was with great sadness that we learned of the transition of the Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. Rev. Jackson was one of the most recognizable and consequential champions for civil ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) — Jesse Jackson will be remembered for the way he helped, loved, and brought people together ─ and all of that started in Greenville. Jackson was born in Greenville, South ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don McCorry speaks on his experience growing up blocks away from what is now downtown during the City of Jackson Black History ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Local leaders in Toledo are mourning civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday morning at the age of 84 following a lengthy battle with a progressive neuromuscular disease.

Jaafar Jackson was practically born to play the late "King of Pop" Michael Jackson in the 2026 biopic Michael. As the son of Michael's older brother Jermaine Jackson and his ex-wife Alejandra ...

An Alpharetta-based health care company led by CEO and Chairman Rick Jackson is reporting billions in annual revenue, according to figures published by Forbes in December 2025. The company, founded in ...

Erin Jackson became the first Black American to win an individual gold medal at the Winter Olympics in 2022. She is also the first Olympic flag bearer to have competed in roller derby, a sport she ...

Benedict College marked Black History Month with its annual Salute to Harambee celebration Tuesday, bringing together students, faculty and community members for a ceremony focused on unity, culture ...