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CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Rev. Jesse Jackson is pivoting from his role as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, which got its start in 1971. In the decades since, he's fought for social justice, ...

CHICAGO — Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. was greeted with roaring applause and a standing ovation at Monday night’s Democratic National Convention. Jackson, 82, came out on the stage via a wheelchair flanked ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. was greeted ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago's Rev. Jesse Jackson will accept France's highest order of merit, Legion of Honour. Rev. Jackson, 79, will receive the award in France Monday morning. He has been a civil rights ...

Jesse Jackson's early activism laid the foundation for a lifelong legacy of leadership and change. Before he became a civil rights icon, Reverend Jesse Jackson made history by challenging library ...

CHICAGO (KFSN) -- Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson, 76, has announced he is battling Parkinson's disease, the illness that took his father's life. Jackson said over the last three years, he ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Dual rallies in the Chicago area not only brought out crowds Saturday but also the families of Jacob Blake and Breonna Taylor in a national cry for criminal justice reform. "We sick ...

CHICAGO -- Rev. Jesse Jackson was released from the hospital Tuesday after he fell at a protest at Howard University earlier this week, a spokesperson said. Jackson had been in Washington D.C. to ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson attends a Sunday church service at Tabernacle Baptist Church on March 09, 2025 in Selma, Alabama. Community members and Democratic Congressional members commemorate the 60th ...

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, AND A CALL TO ENCOURAGE YOUNG PEOPLE TO GET OUT AND VOTE FROM A VERY FAMILIAR FACE. DUKE CARTER CAUGHT UP WITH THE REVEREND JESSE JACKSON AT BROWN DEER HIGH SCHOOL. QUIET SIGH ...