Middlebrook said he met Jackson while in Selma, Alabama, in 1963 while working for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. It began a decades-long partnership in the fight for justice.

Local leaders are remembering the Rev. Jesse Jackson Tuesday after the civil rights giant and a two-time presidential ...

There are more Black senators than ever before, but a major Supreme Court ruling could reduce Black representation in the ...

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

Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday, fought for equality as a civil rights protester, a presidential candidate, and a champion of ...

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84. The icon of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond was remembered by ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon and two-time presidential candidate, has died at 84. Mississippi leaders share their ...

Activists, public figures and the country's most prominent politicians commemorated Jackson, the civil rights pioneer, ...

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is being remembered by Mississippians and lawmakers nationwide for his lifelong ...

According to AP, the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader’s ...

As a 14-year-old girl, Ragen Hatcher recalled hanging out with a friend at the Hatcher house in Gary when the phone rang. Her friend answered the phone and after a brief moment she hung up.

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of 84. The icon of the Civil Rights Movement and beyond was remembered by ...