Family affair: Jackson is the son of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. and the brother of Congressman Jonathan ...

Former Representative Gauging Support for Run in 2026 After Prison Sentence for Campaign Finance Misuse Former Democratic ...

Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984. ... Jackson’s 1988 campaign is credited with pushing Democrats left on issues still debated within the party today, including health care, ...

Robin Kelly is set to leave office to run for U.S. Senate. Former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is eyeing a political ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – MARCH 08: Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rev. Jesse Jackson greet the crowd during a campaign rally in Calder Plaza on March 08, 2020 ...

Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984. ... Jackson was seen as less of a political outsider when he ran his second presidential campaign. At the time, Jackson received an endorsement from then ...

The Ford School of Public Policy held a day-long event Wednesday honoring Rev. Jesse Jackson’s five-decade commitment to civil rights leadership. In the first of three events, a panel of professors ...

As the now-grizzled veterans of Jesse Jackson’s 1988 presidential campaign gather in Chicago this weekend to pay tribute to their ailing leader, Jackson’s words summarize well the historic ...

Jesse Jackson Jr., left, talks with his father Jesse Jackson, right, as the Rev. James Meeks listens at Jackson Jr.'s campaign headquarters on Nov. 28, 1995 in Markham. David Ake, AFP/Getty Images ...

Former Vice President Walter Mondale, Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Sen. Gary Hart clasp hands during a Democratic presidential debate in New York in 1984. David Handschuh / AP file July 29, 2019, 8:04 ...

Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Sunday endorsed Sen ... Sanders still talks about his support for Jackson’s 1988 presidential bid on the campaign ...

Civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. on Sunday endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination. “With the exception of Native ...