“Please hear me now,” Jackson said deliberately at the end of a public “Your Vote Matters” service at Second Baptist, 757 E.

A civil rights icon and former presidential candidate visited Erie with his son on Wednesday to encourage voters to get out ...

A room full of people in Farrell were disappointed Tuesday evening after a prominent figure in America’s Civil Rights ...

Jackson drew a 45-second bipartisan standing ovation in the House chamber as members showed their appreciation for the ...

Reverend Jesse Jackson will be making an appearance in northwest Pennsylvania highlighting the power of voting. Jackson will ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. visited Erie's Second Baptist Church on Wednesday with his father, civil rights icon the ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is scheduled to meet with the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus and be welcomed on the House of ...

A digitally restored version of the film, featuring performances by The Jackson Five, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye and Sammy ...

Editor-in-Chief On Tuesday, prominent civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson traveled to Gettysburg College and visited ...

The Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus hosted Rev. Jesse Jackson, one of the most well-known civil rights leaders of his ...

Santita Jackson helps her dad, Rev. Jesse Jackson, blow out the candles on his cake during his 83rd birthday celebration at City Hall on Tuesday. Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Share Lauded by his son ...

Long a fixture in Chicago, it was his mentor Rev Martin Luther King Jr who sent Jackson to Chicago in the 1960s to fight for better housing for the city’s Black residents. After King’s murder ...