ABERDEEN – Monroe County ninth- through 12th-graders are invited to vie for prize money during an event remembering the 58th ...

The Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson, the longtime civil rights leader and former politician who rose to prominence as a protege of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. The 84-year-old’s family announced ...

Civic leader Lincoln Ragsdale Sr. would have turned 100 this year. His story remains unknown to many Phoenix residents.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Feb. 17, 2026, at the age of 84. The Commercial Appeal is republishing some stories from Jackson's various visits to Memphis. This story originally published on April 4, ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- The hallways of Broughton High School have been walked by future leaders. Its hardwood courts have been crossed by future professional athletes. And its stage once hosted a ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. delivered a passionate and intimate eulogy for his father, civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson, reflecting on what he believes is his real legacy in American ...

Barrack Obama sparked a buzz as he gestured to a Democratic presidential hopeful at a star-studded funeral for the Rev. Jesse ...

And so, across six decades, Jackson transformed himself from a 6'3˝ college quarterback into a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and then into a barrier-breaking presidential candidate and ...

Barack Obama launched a ferocious rebuke to Donald Trump at the Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral in Chicago on Friday.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a two-time presidential candidate and civil rights icon who died Feb. 17, is being honored Monday in his home state. A tribute began with a mile-long procession of ...

Biden shares personal story about childhood stuttering at Jackson memorial service, telling crowd he's 'smarter than most of you' in pointed comment.

Kamala Harris delivered a speech at Reverend Jesse Jackson's funeral on Friday, and a lip reader spotted a 7-word comment ...