How Jesse Jackson Took King’s Civil Rights Movement to Company Doorsteps

Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and Chicago-based presidential candidate, dies at 84

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.

The Jesse Jackson Speech That Helped Redefine the Democratic Party’s Base

In his 1984 speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, Mr. Jackson argued for a more diverse coalition for the party.