By Seyi BabalolaJesse Jackson, a Baptist clergyman and civil rights activist in the United States, died on Tuesday at the age of 84, his family announced in a statement.The family praised “his ...

Sixty years ago, the Candlestick Park tornado devastated Mississippi, leaving 57 dead and hundreds injured, marking one of the state's deadliest storms.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's legacy in Alabama goes beyond his presidential bids. Here's how the state shaped his civil rights ...

Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson is among the influential and noteworthy people who died in February. A protege ...

Having covered the Rev. Jesse Jackson for more than a half-century, I have an insider’s understanding of why thousands of people lined up to wait patiently in Chicago to pay their final ...

The pioneering civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at age 84, his son confirmed to CNN early today. Jackson had been hospitalized in recent months and was under observation for progressive ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is returning to South Carolina for a final public farewell. On Monday, Jackson will lie in state at the Capitol in Columbia. The tribute contrasts with his childhood in ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who was once a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., died Tuesday. He was 84. Jackson had been receiving around-the-clock care at home and was ...

Jackson was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on Oct. 8, 1941, and attended racially segregated Sterling High School.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and Greenville native, has died at the ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson has denied a request for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to lie in honor at the United States Capitol, citing past precedent over how the deaths of other high-profile ...

A civil rights marker honoring the 1960 Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in was unveiled Thursday in Statesville.