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Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an African-American civil rights activist and Baptist minister.
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Jesse Jackson Jr. once possessed the makings of a political star. Son of a civil rights leader and a Democratic congressman with a strong base of support on Chicago'...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night injected race into the national debate on health care, saying any black lawmaker who votes against President Obama's sweepi...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Thursday sought to soften his fairly stinging shots at a black lawmaker who voted against President Obama's health care overhaul.Jackson on...
LAGOS, Nigeria -- U.S. civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson has called for an African version of the Marshall Plan, saying the continent deserved reconstruction an...
The stage seemed set for a showdown: G-8 and NATO leaders planned to hold back-to-back summits in Chicago that activists predicted could draw tens of thousands of pe...
Mulling over a possible run for mayor of Chicago, a defiant Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., spoke out publicly for the first time on Friday about potentially damning ...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is back in Portland, Ore., and he's critical of another fatal shooting involving police.The longtime civil rights leader visited the city in F...
Civil rights leaders said Friday that school districts around the Southeast should scrap plans to use the Martin Luther King Jr . holiday to make up for snow days, c...
Civil rights leaders bothered by South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's stance on issues like requiring voters to show their IDs at the polls are reminding the governor t...
The man who will pick President-elect Barack Obama's successor in the U.S. Senate is talking to someone interested in the job: U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.Illinois Go...
Civil rights activist gives Greta his mea culpa for Obama remarks
Rev . Jesse Jackson weighs in on African-Americans and the economy
Civil rights leader sounds off on potential effect of health care reform on jobs
The Rev. Jesse Jackson appealed to Cuba on Tuesday to release an American contractor facing a possible 20-year sentence on charges of trying to undermine the governm...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson , declaring that "the truth will prevail," is defending himself and his son against speculation that they were involved with Illinois Gov. Rod...
Rev. Jesse Jackson believes Russia will be unable to ignore racial abuse in soccer stadiums as it prepares to host the 2018 World Cup.The civil rights leader, speaki...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is vehemently denying allegations from a member of President Obama's gay rights issues panel, who claims he was fired from the civil rights le...
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