CHICAGO — Jesse Jackson sat in a wheelchair near the back wall of a darkened restaurant at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place. It was late Thursday morning, the final day of the Democratic ...

Soon, a platoon of Jackson aides pushed his wheelchair to a waiting van, which rolled away slowly into the Chicago night. One day later, Jackson would make a similar, brief visit to the spotlight.

Rev. Jesse Jackson announces that he is stepping down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Saturday, July 15, 2023, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty) “I am somebody,” he said.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago.

Jackson, 82, waved and gave a thumbs-up from his wheelchair on stage but did not make a speech on Monday evening. In 2017, ... Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on July 14 at a reunion of campaign staffers from his 1984 and 1988 presidential bids. Jackson, 81, ... He was in a wheelchair, ...

Parkinson’s disease has slowed The Rev. Jesse Jackson. At 83 years old he is wheelchair bound and needs assistance to stand up. Jackson's words form slowly when he chooses to speak.

The crowd rose to a standing ovation as Jesse Jackson, a longtime civil-rights activist and Democratic political leader, appeared onstage in a wheelchair. Jackson, 82 years old, made a strong run ...

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago.

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced Saturday that he will step down as president of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the Chicago-based civil rights group he founded more than 50 years ago.