Katori Hall’s drama, set on the eve of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination in 1968, is nicely played in an old-fashioned style at Playhouse on Park.

The award-winning journalist and historian delivered the University’s 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture, applying ...

A MAJOR CELEBRATION OF LIFE TODAY ON CHICAGO’S FAR SOUTH SIDE, HONORING CIVIL RIGHTS ICON THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON. THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS, FAITH LEADERS AND NATIONAL FIGURES, THREE FORMER ...

Former President Barack Obama said the presidential runs in the 1980s by the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. set the stage for ...

Santita Jackson thanked Gov. Henry McMaster for the honor. The Republican governor approved the family’s request after the office of U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson denied a similar request that ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words didn’t stop moving once the microphones were turned off. Long after his speeches were delivered ...

President Donald Trump's lengthy State of the Union address Tuesday evening included a handful of attention-grabbing moments that stole the show as the president touted a national "turnaround" in a ...

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

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 ...

In March 2007, Jackson pledged his support for Barack Obama's campaign to become the first African American in the White ...

Jesse Jackson, one of the world's best-known Black activists who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr., died at the age of ...