In a decades-long effort, Jesse Jackson stood alongside MLK, pushed for voting rights, shamed corporations and negotiated with world leaders.

Black Mississippians won a Voting Rights Act case that challenges how the state elects supreme court justices. But that ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Nearly a decade ago, WTOC’s Dawn Baker sat down with Reverend Jesse Jackson at the National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., where the civil rights leader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights icon who battled alongside Martin Luther King Jr., negotiated global hostage ...