The Jackson family invited five presidents, including Donald Trump and George W. Bush, to services honoring Jackson, who died at age 84 on Feb. 17 ...
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. was honored Monday in the state where he grew up under segregation with a hero’s memorial, his flag-draped casket u ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. was honored Monday in the state where he grew up under segregation with a hero’s memorial, his flag-draped casket under the Capitol’s ...
COLUMBIA — Many prominent officials were on hand as Jesse Jackson lay in state at the Statehouse on March 2. State Rep. Jermaine Johnson, D-Columbia, began the family recognition part of the program, ...
U.S. Penitentiary Lee in southwestern Virginia, his family says. Relatives say he was found unresponsive while held in ...
The request to have his body lie in state came at the behest of Jackson’s family and a host of state legislators.
Flags were lowered to half-staff in South Carolina, where civil rights icon and native son Rev. Jesse Jackson became only the second Black man in history to lie in repose inside the state capitol ...
Three statues are headed for the exit, which will leave three vacancies. We invite readers to suggest replacements.