The Rev. Jesse Jackson had some of his longtime supporters worried after recent images of the 82-year-old Baptist minister ...
Jesse Jackson Jr. has the juice for a political comeback. He could upset the pecking orders of Chicago’s Black political ...
CHICAGO — It was around 11 p.m. on the second night of the 1984 Democratic National Convention when the Rev. Jesse Jackson ...
Black activists shut down Chicago building sites in 1969 in a push for unions to admit more Black and minority members.
There’s a single thread woven through the campaigns of Jackson, Obama, and Harris that touches Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) people in a profound way. It is simply ...
Iconic civil rights leader Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr now requires the assistance of a nurse and two aids as the political leader struggles to eat. RadarOnline.com can reveal the frail 82-year-old ...
“The progressive caucus arose from the vision of Jesse Jackson,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.). “We are here on your shoulders, Reverend.” Jackson, in a blue suit and paisley ...
Jesse Jackson. It was shocking to see the once-mighty orator now living with Parkinson’s. Jackson’s smile lit up the arena and his vigorous two thumbs-up spoke volumes amid the crescendo of cheers and ...
I wish I could report more on our progress,” Walz told Jackson in a call transcribed by a staff member. “Both you and ...
Rev. Jesse Jackson, the former Shadow DC Senator and famed civil rights activist, will be honored Monday at the Democratic National Convention. Jackson, 82, whose powerful voice has been largely ...
We got a man of the people says "Keep hope alive." This, of course, was a contemporaneous shout-out to Jesse Jackson and to the two presidential campaigns he ran in 1984 and in 1988. He ran those ...
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) pays tribute to the Rev. Jesse Jackson at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters in Chicago on Aug. 18, 2024. Photo by Josh Kurtz. CHICAGO — On the night before the ...