As protests occurred throughout the United States, a national push for divestment legislation urged Congress to pass the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986. The Act imposed sanctions against ...

"Mandela is out of jail and Sam Nujoma is in office."This was what a smiling Jesse Jackson said to journalists as he landed in Namibia in February 1990, just a few days before the country's ...

Jesse Jackson's death at 84 brings reflections on his enduring legacy, from inspiring youth with hope to his pivotal role in ...

Featuring interviews with former political prisoners made on location in Palestine, “Prisoners of Love: Until the Sun of ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson will not lie in honor in the United States Capitol Rotunda after a request for the commemoration was denied by the House Speaker Mike Johnson’s office due to past precedent ...

I wrote a book about Jesse Jackson, and we became friends. The cynics didn’t get how he fused moral simplicity and political ...

The 'MLK/FBI' filmmaker's Berlin-bowing latest examines the life and legacy of the Nobel Prize-winning anti-apartheid activist, bishop and theologian.

Many people who knew and worked with the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. are vowing to ‘keep hope alive’ in honor of his legacy. Jackson, who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday.

As our neighbors to the north discovered, when a municipality adopts the specific language of one side of a global conflict, ...

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 ...

Eulogies are pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ...

Reaction is pouring in after the death of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson , who led the U.S. Civil Rights Movement for decades, died Tuesday. The protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time ...