Both men sought the presidency. They came from different backgrounds, held different goals, and had radically different ...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his second presidential bid in 1988 in Pittsburgh, he saw the campaign as a chance for the country to realize its highest ideals.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WCVB was in Philadelphia when Rev. Jesse Jackson rallied a crowd for Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who beat Jackson in the ...

Though he didn’t win the Democratic nomination for president in either year, Jesse Jackson’s moving speeches at the ...

A photographer recalls the electric atmosphere and powerful message of Jesse Jackson's 1988 presidential campaign stop in Eugene.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In these Channel 2 News clips from 1988, Political Editor Mike Flannery joins the Rev. Jesse Jackson on the campaign trail in New ...

In May 1988, presidential candidate Jesse Jackson held a rally in Eugene, Oregon. An estimated 10,000 people packed into McArthur Court to hear him speak. Jackson also addressed an overflow crowd of ...

Back in the late 1980s, three University of Iowa professors believed they could predict polling data better than the pollsters at that time, leading to the creation of a site allowing users to place ...

MASSACHUSETTS. SHARMAN MARIA. REVEREND JACKSON HAD DEEP TIES TO BOSTON, AND HE IS BEING REMEMBERED HERE FOR HIS IMPACT IN THE CITY. WE STAND HERE TODAY CHALLENGING A NATION. REVEREND JESSE JACKSON ...

Those months revealed many things about America, not all as uplifting as the spirit that propelled the civil rights leader to second place in the Democratic presidential primary.