Rev. Jesse Jackson was at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4, 1968, when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there.

His life traced the arc from the Civil Rights Movement to the challenges of a post–Civil Rights America still wrestling with ...

It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to spend as much time as possible with the Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.

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

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@revjjackson) Tributes continue to pour in after the death ...

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.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson battled alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was regarded as one of the world's best-known Black activists.

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