Jesse Jackson

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February 26, 2010
Sharpton vs. Smiley, Obama vs. Republicans and Paterson vs. the polls. These are theGrio's highlight's from the week that was...
February 23, 2010
OPINION - President Obama should embrace the legacy and wisdom of Rev. Jackson--and so should the rest of us...
February 17, 2010
PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) - The prominent civil rights leader criticized plans to allow an officer who shot an unarmed black…
December 17, 2009
VIDEO - Historically, the census has undercounted minorities, especially African-Americans and Hispanics, living in big cities...
December 16, 2009
VIDEO - Rev. Jesse Jackson continues to push President Barack Obama to make black unemployment more of a priority in…
December 16, 2009
Danny Glover, Jesse Jackson, and other activists talk to Lloyd Grove about disappointment in the African-American community with the president's…
November 20, 2009
OPINION - Recent remarks made by Rev. Jesse Jackson not only have a chilling effect on public discourse, they also…
November 19, 2009
FROM THE HILL> The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’
October 13, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) - After an honor student's brutal beating, the Rev. Jesse Jackson is joining parents in escorting a group…
October 13, 2009
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are attacking a bid by Rush Limbaugh...
October 4, 2009
CHICAGO (AP) -- The funeral of a Chicago teen who was beaten to death on his way home from school…
August 2, 2009
Harold Lucas was raised with the stories about his grandparents, who rode segregated railroad cars from Missouri to Chicago in…
July 17, 2009
As the 100th NAACP Conference wrapped up, theGrio took a look at the organization to examine how it is working…
July 11, 2009
In suburban Chicago a scandal at an historic black cemetery got worse a day after four cemetery workers were charged
July 9, 2009
Four workers were charged Thursday in an elaborate scheme in which hundreds of corpses were dug up at a historic…
June 29, 2009
Michael Jackson's mother asked a Superior Court judge on Monday to name her administrator of her late son's estate so…
June 20, 2009
To paraphrase Caesar, as he stood over the gallant Marc Antony, I come not to bury our Fathers, but to
February 2, 2009
The Excel program aims to motivate and discipline black students while increasing parental involvement in schools. Reverend Jesse Jackson says