Rev. William James Shaw, a towering spiritual leader whose seven decades of pastoral service shaped generations of Philadelphians, died Saturday at age 92. For 70 years, Shaw served as pastor of White ...

Rev. Al Sharpton delivered a rousing sermon and eulogy for his friend Rev. Jesse Jackson, closing with the declaration, "We won't go back!" Russia responds after Trump says he plans to take Cuba ...

Courtney Carson did not want to go to the Decatur church that November day in 1999 when the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to town for a rally. To do so, he remembered all these years later, was to admit a ...

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WASHINGTON — The Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ community is mourning the loss of Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, its Pastor Emeritus and a central figure in D.C.’s religious and social ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – In America’s slow march for racial equality, Rev. Jesse Jackson – who died Tuesday at the age of 84 – was the bridge between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama. After Dr. King ...

The late Rev. Jackson’s words shaped politics as a leader in the Civil Rights movement. He joined WBEZ’s former program Reset in February 2020 to discuss with host Jen White his many speeches, ...

I am who I am today in part because of a speech I heard in fifth grade at Matthew A. Henson Elementary School in Baltimore. It was 1970, and the auditorium was full of little Black boys and girls, ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died on Feb. 17, married Jacqueline Jackson in 1962 Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work ...

A flood of tributes poured in for the Rev. Jesse Jackson after his family announced the death of the civil rights icon Tuesday. Activists, public figures and many of the country's most prominent ...

The news about Rev. Jesse Jackson and his death is devastating to civil rights activists everywhere. Here's what we know about the civil rights icon's passing: Rev. Jesse Jackson death: Did Jesse ...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is seen here with Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, just prior to his final public appearance to address striking Memphis sanitation workers on April 4, 1968. King was assassinated ...