LANSING, Mich. (WLNS)– Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ordered U.S. and Michigan flags to be lowered to half-staff on Thursday, Feb. 26 and Friday, Feb. 27, to honor the life of the Reverend Jesse ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – Reverend Jesse Jackson will lie in state at the South Carolina Statehouse in early March. According to the governor’s office, Jackson’s body will lie in state on Monday, March ...

The Black liberation movement began to gain my attention in the late 1960s when I was in my early teens. Only after the protests of the Civil Rights movement, the 1963 March on Washington, the urban ...

Marissa Perlman spent part of the week covering the happenings at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield and got to experience the history and beauty there, while Mary Kay Kleist is remembering the ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – In America’s slow march for racial equality, Rev. Jesse Jackson – who died Tuesday at the age of 84 – was the bridge between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama. After Dr. King ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — North Carolina A&T State University is mourning the loss of alumnus and civil rights champion Rev. Jesse Jackson. Family announced that Jackson died peacefully on Tuesday ...

Jesse Jackson once said: “I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds. As I develop and serve, be patient. God is not finished with me yet.” On Feb. 17, God called ...

Follow live updates as tributes pour in for Jesse Jackson. The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The country and community are mourning the death of Reverend Jesse Jackson, a Civil Rights leader who worked alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the Civil Rights Movement.

During a press conference, Rev. Al Sharpton, reflecting on the passing of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, said Jackson “opened my eyes” to making change, crediting his 1984 presidential run with ...