Rev. Jesse Jackson: Minister, civil rights advocate, politician, intermediary and social justice proponent

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the civil rights leader and founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, has spent the last 60 years of his ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Jesse Jackson Witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination. Here’s How He Carried the Torch for the Civil Rights Movement Into the Future

Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, dead at 84

Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the ...