How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson is an American political ...
A riotous Broadway play inspired by Jesse Jackson’s family scandal
Broadway’s “Purpose,” by Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, tackles the legacy of the civil rights movement ...
Jackson apologizes for 'crude' Obama remarks
Jesse Jackson apologized Wednesday for "crude and hurtful" remarks he made about Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama after an interview with a Fox News correspondent. The remarks came ...
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In photos: Hundreds mark 60th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday" in Selma
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Rev. Al Sharpton, Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-Ill ...
‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers were attacked in Selma on March 7, 1965.
PHOTO COLLECTION: Bloody Sunday Commemoration
A person takes a photo of the march over the Edmund Pettus bridge during the 60th anniversary of the march to ensure that African Americans could exercise their constitutional right to vote, Sunday, ...