Rev. Jesse Jackson

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September 8, 2015
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (AP) — Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, has died. She was…
May 6, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Reverend Jesse Jackson, head of the Rainbow Push Coalition held a news conference to demand international mobilization…
March 19, 2014
(AP) - Jackson's strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of shaming companies to prod them into transformation...
January 17, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be among those honoring activist poet-playwright Amiri Baraka at a wake…
January 7, 2014
OPINION - One thing that the thirtieth anniversary of his successful negotiation of U.S. Navy pilot Lt. Robert Goodman’s release…
September 27, 2013
HAVANA (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson traveled to Cuba Friday for talks with the island's religious leaders and said…
September 12, 2013
theGRIO SLIDESHOW - Dante de Blasio, the teenage son of likely Democratic New York City mayoral nominee Bill de Blasio,…
August 15, 2013
OPINION - With the imprisonment of former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Martin…
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 21, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Across the country, protesters rallied outside of federal courthouses, places where justice is served...
July 14, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - Rev. Jesse Jackson encouraged Chicago residents to stay nonviolent in their protest of Zimmerman’s verdict...
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…
April 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - As Chicagoans mark the 30th anniversary of its first African-American mayor Harold Washington’s inauguration on April 29,…
March 27, 2013
OPINION - Is there a leadership crisis in black America? A new poll suggests African-Americans think so...
March 8, 2013
NBC CHICAGO - Of all the people attending Hugo Chavez's funeral Friday in Caracas, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is among…
February 21, 2013
OPINION - Are we witnessing the end of the Jackson dynasty? Where does this once beloved political family go from…
February 19, 2013
CHICAGO (AP) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson says his former congressman son is under strict medical supervision as he struggles…