Jackson's decades of civil rights efforts and running for president in 1984 and 1988 are his most important and lasting work.
During a visit to Zimbabwe in 1989, Jesse Jackson was walking down the dirt trail leading to Victoria Falls when a group of three African men hunkered in the shade of a scrubby tree stood up to point ...
Jesse Jackson, a champion of justice and equality whose activism and media presence shaped generations, has died. He was 84.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the country's most influential leaders, has died at 84. The founder and long-time leader of the Rainbow-Push Coalition ran for president twice and inspired millions.