They didn’t think I’d finish my walk alive," Moore wrote in his diary. "They didn’t think people believed I really stood for the things I do.” ...

They were beaten, arrested, and called traitors, but they refused to back down from the fight for civil rights.

ATLANTA (AP) — When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals.

Jesse Jackson's children remembered his civil rights legacy, and it was announced that memorial services are set for next ...

The American civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson, died on Feb. 17 at the age of 84. His advisor, James Zogby, a pollster and co-founder of the Arab American Institute, traveled with Jackson ...

The Canton Freedom House, key to the US Civil Rights Movement and the last CORE site in Mississippi, joins the Mississippi Freedom Trail.

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

Marshall's Music & Bookstore, one of the oldest Black-owned bookstores in the U.S., continues to preserve Black culture and ...

After visiting Jackson State, ESPN's SportsCenter continues its Black History Month HBCU tour with a live broadcast with the NC A&T women's basketball program.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights icon who witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in Memphis and maintained decades‑long ties to the city’s activism, has died. Here's what to know.

"He knew he would get attention coming to Jackson, and he knew that by moving the needle forward in Mississippi, he could make a difference ..." ...