Tributes are pouring in from Chicago residents and Illinois leaders remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson after his death at the age of 84.

In statements and all over social media Tuesday morning, leaders and officials from across the Chicago area, Illinois, the U.S. and the world have been offering condolences, penning tributes and ...

American civil rights activist, politician and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders ...

CHICAGO - The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate whose soaring oratory and knack for capturing media attention made him a c ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson is being remembered for his civil rights work, his historic runs for president and more.

An impassioned orator, he was a moral and political force, forming a “rainbow coalition” of poor and working-class people and ...

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.

Nashville "is a place he could draw a crowd," Black community leader Dwight Lewis said, "and he appreciated how people opened ...

State Rep. Justin J. Pearson, who represents parts of Memphis, said Jackson called him and his wife after he was expelled ...

Less than two years after saying “I do” on his wedding day, Michael David McKee’s marriage was over. The high-achieving vascular surgeon, who most recently lived in Chicago, had wed Monique Sabaturski ...

My religion obligates me to be political, but my politics don’t obligate me to be religious,” said Jackson — frequently introduced to audiences as the Country Preacher — at a 1985 news ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a long and storied history with Michigan, where he won the state's Democratic presidential caucuses in 1988.