Black History Month no doubt prompted many a discussion and project on Dr. Martin Luther King, but there are hometown civil ...

Jackson's family on Feb. 18 revealed preliminary funeral plans for the longtime activist who died at 84 following a lengthy ...

Memorial services honoring the life of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be expanded beyond Chicago with events in ...

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

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has announced that the late civil rights activist Jesse Jackson will lie in state at ...

After the Tuesday WCSB vote, families east of Crawfordville Highway and south of Dr. Martin Luther King Memorial Road will attend Medart Elementary starting next school year.

King Charles III and his wife, Queen Camilla, are deeply saddened by the demise of Jesse Jackson. An American civil rights ...

Civil rights leader crisscrossed Akron-Canton area over the past 60 years. Here are some highlights from those visits.

“From Martin Luther King to Barack Obama, there’s a bridge called Jesse Jackson,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said. Jackson, a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. who led the Civil Rights Movement for ...

The family of civil rights icon the Rev. Jesse Jackson spoke publicly on Wednesday morning, just one day after he died ...

My religion obligates me to be political, but my politics don’t obligate me to be religious,” said Jackson — frequently introduced to audiences as the Country Preacher — at a 1985 news ...