Jesse Jackson Jr. is exploring a run for his old congressional seat. If he goes forward, voters should be the ones to decide ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. listens to a press conference given by his father, Jesse Jackson Sr., and then-presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on July 2, 2019 in Chicago ...

Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984. A little over a decade after Rep. Shirley Chisholm ran for the White House in 1972, the first Black woman to run a national campaign for the Democratic ...

Jackson founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition in 1971 to improve the economic conditions of Black communities across the U.S. and has served as president since 1988.

On Friday, July 11, Macmillan imprint Flatiron Books announced a new biography about the civil rights leader. A Dream ...

Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Sunday endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “With the exception of Native ...

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.

Rev. Jesse Jackson endorses Sanders for president. Civil rights activist touts Sanders' commitment to fighting for equality ...

A day after Bernie Sanders rallied supporters in Chicago, the Rev. Jesse Jackson endorsed the Vermont senator’s bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. Jackson’s endorsement came shortl… ...