First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

Did Rev. Jesse Jackson die? What we know on civil rights activist icon's death, work with Martin Luther King Jr., the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and more.

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil ...

Kids in metro Atlanta have a chance to earn a free ticket to Monster Jam this spring by reading books through a program offered at several Georgia public libraries. The program encourages children to ...

Civil rights leader J.T. Johnson didn't know he had dyslexia. Now with the help of an AI program, he's looking forward to ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has ...

Chicago plays host to public observances for the civil rights icon, who died at 84.

All Faiths Food Bank has launched a pilot food pantry called Margie's Market. The pantry-market hybrid will fill in the gap ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights champion, is dead. He was 84. The two men had worked together since 1965, when they met in Selma, ...

Some families fear Philadelphia’s plan to close schools could fuel more conflict due to overcrowded hallways and students who ...