Former President Barack Obama and the Rev. Al Sharpton honored Jesse Jackson at a memorial service, underscoring the civil rights leader’s enduring influence. Barack Obama warned of assaults on ...

Rev. Al Sharpton has acquired a century-old building in Harlem to redevelop it as the new headquarters for the National ...

The Rev. Al Sharpton wants to leave his mark in the face of gentrification, which he says has diluted Harlem’s political ...

The final service for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson was one of love, laughter, tears and inspiration. Saturday's events were the culmination of days of homegoing services for the reverend who died Feb.

The five-hour memorial to the Rev. Jesse Jackson could be viewed through so many lenses, but one that stands out is that the ...

"He knew me before I was on television and I knew him before he was governor, so we both did alright," Sharpton said.

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after the revered leader's ...

During his father’s memorial service on Saturday, Jesse Jackson Jr. offered a sharp rebuke of the tributes given by former Democratic presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden, noting that ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- As the Rev. Jesse Jackson was memorialized across the country following his death last month, Staten Island Black leaders reflected on how his charisma, courage and conviction ...

CHICAGO(AP) — From the moment the Rev. Jesse Jackson stepped forward as torchbearer to what was then a largely Southern civil rights struggle — a movement with much unfinished business — he created a ...

Law, who for years was synonymous with New York radio and helped launch Jesse Jackson’s 1984 presidential campaign, had been ...