Jesse Jackson

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February 23, 2016
The morning after Donald Trump won the Republican presidential primary in South Carolina, Jesse Jackson visited the black congregation at…
January 18, 2016
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Flint, Michigan, residents coping with a drinking water crisis “have been
November 27, 2015
A protest march has begun in Chicago's shopping district, with the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the middle of a crowd…
August 25, 2015
When I first heard that #BlackLivesMatter activists decided to upstage 2016 presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and Gov. Martin O’Malley at
August 12, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - At age 16, Jesse Jackson's daughter already knows what she wants to be: a rap star.
August 7, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - In a new interview with the International Business Times, Rev. Jesse Jackson expresses his disappointment with President…
June 22, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. returned to his family's Washington, D.C., home on Monday after leaving…
March 19, 2014
(AP) - Jackson's strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of shaming companies to prod them into transformation...
March 10, 2014
VIDEO - The 49th annual Bridge Crossing Jubilee, to mark the anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Selma, was held this…
September 27, 2013
HAVANA (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson traveled to Cuba Friday for talks with the island's religious leaders and said…
August 25, 2013
These leaders have given deposits greater than themselves in the hopes that, just as after the '63 march, people today…
August 14, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson says it's been "an extraordinarily difficult time" for his family. He was…
August 1, 2013
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson is standing by his comments that the state's struggle with the Trayvon…
July 31, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Florida Governor Rick Scott has called on civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson to apologize in light…
July 30, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - After drafting Trayvon’s Law, the Dream Defenders plan to register Florida voters in support of their proposals…
June 27, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) — Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson says he's agreed to help celebrity chef Paula Deen try to…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Civil rights leader, Rev. Jesse Jackson, reacted with disappointment to Tuesday's Supreme Court decision striking down a…
June 25, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a key provision in the Voting Rights Act would come to…
June 24, 2013
DETROIT (AP) — Thousands participated in a Detroit march commemorating the 50th anniversary of one that Martin Luther King Jr.…
May 24, 2013
OPINION - Weiner’s choice of kickoff location reveals a great deal about New York’s minefield of racial and ethnic politics…