America has this vast potential to be better,’ Jackson said in an interview for ‘The Choice 2008,’ as he reflected on the civil rights movement and the road to Barack Obama’s candidacy.
The civil rights activist, politician and ordained Baptist minister was camera-ready, omnipresent and immanently quotable.
In 2018, the Rev. Jesse Jackson was among the National Civil Rights Museum's Freedom Award honorees. Jackson, who died Feb. 17 at the age of 84, traveled to Memphis for the Freedom Award ceremony in ...
Rev. Jesse Jackson reflected on race, leadership and his run for president. In this 1988 interview, Rev. Jesse Jackson reflected on his remarkable journey from humble beginnings in Greenville, North ...