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

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 ...

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. received a standing ovation when he arrived on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Jackson, 82, waved and gave a thumbs-up from his ...

Bernie Sanders, Al Sharpton and half a dozen House members lavished praise on Jesse Jackson, the ailing civil rights and Democratic Party icon.

Jesse Louis Jackson was born Oct. 8, 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina, a town firmly entrenched in the racially segregated Deep South. This time and place aren’t footnotes to Jackson’s life ...

Jesse Jackson visits Erie to stress the importance of voting: 'You have the power' Jackson, 83, told the audience 'You have the power' when it comes to the Nov. 5 general election.

As candidates file financial reports in Illinois’ crowded congressional races, Jesse Jackson Jr. laid groundwork for a comeback attempt.

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 ...

Former Representative Gauging Support for Run in 2026 After Prison Sentence for Campaign Finance Misuse Former Democratic ...

Jackson eyes comeback as U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly is set to leave office to run for U.S. Senate. Former Congressman ...

Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. receives standing ovation on Day 1 of DNC Jackson, 82, entered the stage in a wheelchair, holding up both thumbs up in triumph to a cheering crowd.

Like several survivors of that violent day in 1965, when police brutally attacked civil rights protesters, Jackson crossed the bridge in a wheelchair.