Twenty-four years ago today, Alan Jackson was in the middle of a multi-week run at the top of the country albums chart.

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at age 84, is being remembered as "a role model for a generation," in the words of Marc Morial, the president of National Urban League, the civil rights ...

The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson has died. He was 84.Here’s a look at the life of the civil rights activist and clergyman:Birth date: October 8, 1941Birth place: Greenville, South CarolinaBirth name: ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was a civil rights icon, Baptist minister and two-time Democratic presidential candidate. A protege of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson fought on the front lines of the battle ...

The late Rev. Jesse Jackson might best be remembered as the founder and longtime leader of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, a Chicago-based civil rights organization, but he also played a pivotal role in ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson's decades of activism included a record of profound eloquence. The civil rights icon, who died on Feb. 17 at the age of 84, delivered a number of powerful speeches and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson entered the national spotlight during the civil rights movement and ran for president twice. He also courted controversy while in the public eye. By Neil Vigdor Millions of ...

Follow live updates as tributes pour in for Jesse Jackson. The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, the towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson died on Tuesday, Feb. 17, leaving behind a long legacy of civil rights activism and a family who worked to help advance his advocacy efforts. Jackson, who was 84, had been ...

In states including South Carolina, where Mr. Jackson was born, and Illinois, officials also ordered flags to be flown at half-staff. By Isabella Kwai Religious leaders, friends and political figures ...

• The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a towering civil rights leader whose moral vision and fiery oratory reshaped the Democratic Party and America, has died at age 84. His son, Jesse Jackson Jr., told CNN that ...