Jesse Jackson
Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. died on the 17th of February 2026, after a public life that ran across the pulpit, the picket line and the campaign trail. In November 1987, The New York Times told its readers that most analysts gave him little chance of winning the Democratic presidential nomination. The paper blamed two things: that he was black, and that his liberalism had never softened. That forecast captured how many Americans saw him. It did not capture how far he would get.
How does a minister who started out as a young organizer for Martin Luther King Jr. end up building movements of his own? Why did American presidents, and foreign rulers who opposed them, find themselves negotiating with him? And why did the people who admired Jackson so often end up arguing with him?
On the 8th of October 1941, in Greenville, South Carolina, a baby named Jesse Louis Burns was born. His mother, Helen Burns, was an 18-year-old high school student. His father, Noah Louis Robinson, was a 33-year-old married neighbor and a former professional boxer who worked for a textile brokerage. A year later, Helen married Charles Henry Jackson, a post-office maintenance worker. Charles later adopted the boy, who took his surname. Jesse kept his bond with Robinson and said he thought of both men as his fathers. His family tree, he learned, held Cherokee, enslaved African Americans, Irish plantation owners and even a Confederate sheriff.
Other children taunted him about being born outside marriage. Jackson later said the sting pushed him to succeed. Jim Crow law taught him to head for the back of the bus and to use separate water fountains. He accepted those rules until the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955.
At Sterling High School, a segregated school in Greenville, he was elected class president and finished 10th in his class. He earned letters in baseball, football and basketball. After graduating in 1959, he turned down a minor-league baseball contract and took a football scholarship to the University of Illinois instead. After two semesters at that largely white campus, he moved to North Carolina A&T, a historically black university in Greensboro. Why he left is still contested. Jackson said prejudice kept him from playing quarterback and limited his role on a competitive public-speaking team. Sociologist Harry Edwards wrote on ESPN.com in 2002 that black athletes at white colleges in those decades met a "combination of culture shock and discrimination". Edwards also suggested that academic probation played a part. Illinois's president said in 1987 that Jackson's freshman transcript was clean and that he could have re-enrolled at any time.
At A&T, Jackson played quarterback and won election as student body president. He joined local protests against segregated libraries, theaters and restaurants. Back home on the 16th of July 1960, Jackson joined seven other African Americans in a sit-in at the Greenville Public Library. The library admitted only white patrons. The group was arrested for "disorderly conduct", and Jackson's pastor paid their bond. Another member of the group, DeeDee Wright, later explained the goal. They wanted the arrest "so it could be a test case." The Greenville City Council responded by closing both the main library and the branch that black residents used. The threat of a lawsuit brought both back on the 19th of September.
Jackson earned a sociology degree in 1964 and went to the Chicago Theological Seminary on a scholarship. He left in 1966, three classes short of a master's degree, to work full-time for the civil rights movement. He was ordained in 1968. The seminary awarded him his Master of Divinity only in 2000, counting his earlier credits along with his later work and life experience.
In 1965, Jackson joined the Selma to Montgomery marches organized by James Bevel, King and other leaders in Alabama. King was impressed by his drive and organizing skill but worried about his ambition and appetite for attention. After Selma, Jackson was sent to Chicago to open a frontline office for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC. In 1966, King and Bevel chose him to lead the Chicago branch of Operation Breadbasket, the SCLC's economic arm. A year later he became its national director.
Breadbasket had begun as a job-placement agency run by the SCLC's Atlanta leadership. Jackson pushed it toward mass consumer boycotts. Black shoppers would pressure white-owned businesses to hire black workers and to buy from black-owned firms. T. R. M. Howard, who had championed the boycott tactic in the 1950s, gave money, raised more and introduced Jackson to Chicago's black business leaders. On Chicago's South Side, Breadbasket held weekly workshops with political and economic figures. Its services came with a jazz band and a choir.
On the 4th of April 1968, King was shot. Jackson was in the parking lot one floor below. He told reporters he was the last person to speak with King and that King died in his arms. Several King aides who were there disputed that account. Jackson then worked on the SCLC's Poor People's Campaign in Washington, D.C., and was credited with managing its 15-acre tent city. He also began to clash with Ralph Abernathy, who had succeeded King as SCLC chairman. In 1969, The New York Times reported that several black leaders saw Jackson as King's heir. It added that he was one of the few activists preaching racial reconciliation. Jackson believed a conspiracy lay behind the murder. In 1978 he sat for four hours with King's convicted assassin, James Earl Ray. Afterward he said Ray was involved but had not fired the shot, and that others were "still walking the streets".
A teenage Al Sharpton came up through Breadbasket under Jackson's mentorship. In 1969, Jackson named him youth director of the Brooklyn branch. Jackson was also trying to build a coalition with whites by recasting racial problems as economic ones. Turning a race problem into a fight between the haves and the have-nots, he said, would give America "a new ball game".
In the spring of 1971, Abernathy ordered the national Breadbasket office moved from Chicago to Atlanta. Jackson refused. That October he staged Black Expo in Chicago, a five-day trade fair meant to promote black capitalism. Businessmen arrived from 40 states, and Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley attended. Two months later the break with Abernathy was complete. Abernathy had questioned how Expo receipts were handled and suspended Jackson for forming nonprofit corporations without permission. Sharpton left to protest and formed the National Youth Movement. Jackson, his whole Breadbasket staff and 30 of the 35 board members resigned. Time magazine quoted him saying the traditional movement had lost its "offensive thrust".
Operation PUSH, short for People United to Save Humanity, opened on the 25th of December 1971. Jackson later changed the name to People United to Serve Humanity. Howard took a board seat and chaired the finance committee. Jackson aimed the new group at politics and at pushing officials toward better economic chances for black and poor people of every race. SCLC officials suspected it would serve black businesses more than the poor.
PUSH kept using boycotts. In 1983 it targeted the brewer Anheuser-Busch over minority employment in its distribution network. In 1996, a family friend, Ron Burkle, introduced the company's chief executive, August Busch IV, to Jackson's son Yusef. In 1998 Anheuser-Busch chose Yusef and his brother Jonathan to head River North Sales, a Chicago beer distributor. The Chicago Tribune noted the sequence in a 2001 front-page story. Yusef told Crain's Chicago Business in 2005 that there was "no causal connection" between the boycott and his purchase of the company.
In 1984, Jackson organized the Rainbow Coalition and stepped down as PUSH president to run for president of the United States. He stayed on as chairman of the board. In early 1987, debt threatened PUSH's survival, and his political opponents used that against him. In the mid-1990s, PUSH and the Rainbow Coalition merged.
In May 1983, Jackson became the first African-American man since Reconstruction to address a joint session of the Alabama Legislature. He told lawmakers it was "about time we forgot about black and white and started talking about employed and unemployed". A month later he stood before 4,000 black Baptist ministers in Memphis. He noted that only one percent of American public officials were black, though black Americans made up 12 percent of the population. The crowd answered with chants of "Run".
On the 3rd of November 1983, he announced his candidacy. He was the second African American, after Shirley Chisholm, to wage a nationwide Democratic campaign. Black leaders split. Coretta Scott King defended his right to run but held back an endorsement because she doubted he could win. Former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson and Newark Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson backed him. He had entered after Gary Hart and Walter Mondale, who were already in the field.
The early debates were rough. After the first one, in Hanover, New Hampshire, his performance was criticized as "either wrong or uninformed". At a debate on the 24th of February, moderator Barbara Walters asked whether he had made anti-Semitic statements, including calling Jews "Hymies". Hart defended him as having "no derogatory feelings in his soul". Jackson's supporters also announced a lawsuit against election rules he considered racially motivated, namely dual registration and second primaries.
Then the votes began to arrive. On the 15th of April he won South Carolina's primary with 34.4 percent, earning twice the delegates of Mondale or Hart. He later took the District of Columbia and Louisiana. Registration drives aimed at black voters lifted turnout in Georgia and Alabama by 69 percent over 1980. A Washington Post-ABC News poll in March put him third at 20 percent, behind Mondale at 39 and Hart at 32. In the Democratic primaries he won three-quarters of the black vote. Howell Raines of The New York Times observed that this support rested almost entirely on a minority vote. The Washington Post credited Jackson with drawing thousands of black Americans into politics for the first time.
The delegate math frustrated him. In May he complained that 21 percent of the popular vote had earned only 9 percent of the delegates. After the 5th of June primaries, Mondale was the presumptive nominee. Jackson called the vice-presidential screening a "p.r. parade of personalities". He and Mondale met on the 4th of July at the Radisson Muehlebach Hotel. The talk lasted more than two hours. Mondale then ruled him out as a running mate.
On the 17th of July 1984, Jackson addressed the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. "America is not like a blanket", he said. Instead, it was "more like a quilt: many patches, many pieces, many colors, many sizes, all woven and held together by a common thread." He named the lesbian and the gay among the patches, which made it the first speech at a national convention to mention gays and lesbians. The speech also apologized for remarks that had offended Jews. Delegates voted down his proposals to ban runoff primaries, cut defense spending and pledge no first use of nuclear weapons. "Our heads are perhaps bloody, but unbowed", he said.
He met Mondale again on the 29th of August. Afterward he said he embraced the "Mondale-Ferraro" ticket, though he would "always reserve the right to challenge" it. Reagan won in a landslide. Thomas Cavanagh of the Joint Center for Political Studies noted that every black challenger lost, despite hopes that Jackson's run would lift their turnout.
In January 1985, as Ronald Reagan was inaugurated for a second term, Jackson led several hundred supporters through downtown Washington to the Washington Monument. He called on them to "keep alive the hopes of those who have fallen through the safety net". In April 1985 he stood outside a courthouse in Clinton County to protest the sale of an elderly farmer's land. He called the mix of farmers, union members, ministers and urban blacks "a rainbow coalition for economic justice". In June 1986, basketball player Len Bias died of cocaine intoxication. Jackson and Representative Charles Rangel then urged Reagan to declare a nationwide war on drugs.
By March 1987, Jackson had formed an exploratory committee, the second potential candidate to do so after Hart. He had once spent "all of half a day" in Iowa. This time he spent six days there that year and moved his office to the rural part of the state. In July he met with former Alabama Governor George Wallace for half an hour and praised the onetime segregationist's record on appointments. At a September forum he heard the chants "Run Jesse Run" and "Win Jesse Win". On the 11th of October 1987, he announced. Polls then showed him leading in nine of the 12 Southern states with contests in March, and leading the whole Democratic field at 27 percent.
California Assembly Speaker Willie Brown became his campaign chairman, and Gerald Austin his manager. The platform called for single-payer health care, higher taxes on the wealthy and cuts to defense spending. It included ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and an "American Investment Bank" that could sell government bonds to rebuild infrastructure. It also proposed suspending development of new nuclear weapons.
The results began in Iowa on the 8th of February 1988. Jackson came fourth, behind Richard Gephardt, Paul Simon and Michael Dukakis, but with four times his 1984 support. On Super Tuesday, the 8th of March, he won Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Then came Michigan on the 26th of March, where he beat Dukakis in a landslide. He was suddenly the front-runner. Former party chairman Robert S. Strauss said the win showed Jackson "has a kind of power we hadn't expected".
New York changed the mood. Mayor Ed Koch backed Al Gore and said Jews "would have to be crazy" to support Jackson. Dukakis won the primary, and Gore, a distant third, dropped out. Koch later apologized in a letter. Dukakis then narrowly beat Jackson in Colorado and won Wisconsin handily the next day. By May, Jackson's own staff admitted he could no longer win.
He finished with 6.9 million votes and 11 contests. Seven were primaries in Alabama, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico and Virginia. Four were caucuses in Delaware, Michigan, South Carolina and Vermont. Jackson felt he deserved a serious look as Dukakis's running mate. Dukakis said second place earned him no "special or greater consideration" and chose Senator Lloyd Bentsen. The dispute was so sharp that Jackson suggested Jimmy Carter might have to mediate. The two sides settled shortly before the convention opened. Allegations about the criminal activity of Jackson's half-brother Noah Robinson Jr. had also dogged the campaign. Even so, he was better financed and better organized than in 1984. R. W. Apple of The New York Times called 1988 "the Year of Jackson".
Less than a month after the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade in 1973, Jackson launched a PUSH campaign against it. He called abortion murder. He declared that Jesus and Moses might never have been born if abortion had been available in ancient times. The rhetoric briefly cost him T. R. M. Howard, a black physician who performed the procedure. In 1975, Jackson endorsed a constitutional amendment to ban abortion. He also backed the Hyde Amendment, which bars Medicaid funding for it. In a 1977 National Right to Life Committee report, he argued that the right to privacy behind Roe had also been used to justify slavery.
He later reversed course. By 1988, a Washington Post opinion writer noted that he supported federal funding of abortion. The writer added that Jackson opposed imposing moral positions on public policy. When a draft opinion to overturn Roe leaked, Jackson compared it to Dred Scott v. Sandford. He predicted fierce political battles over basic rights. In June 2022, the Supreme Court overruled Roe in Dobbs v. Jackson.
On gay rights he moved earlier and with less hesitation. In 1987, Jackson helped lead the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. In both of his presidential campaigns, he put the issue at the front of his platform in a way no presidential candidate had done before. He called for ending job discrimination against gay employees and ending the military's ban on openly gay service members. In 1993, he told a march on Washington: "No more homophobia. Let's respect people, protect people. Everyone is somebody".
In 2004, speaking in Massachusetts, the first state to recognize same-sex marriage, he said, "Gays deserve the right of choice to choose their own partners". In 2010, he addressed a rally in San Francisco outside the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which was weighing a challenge to California's Proposition 8. He tied the cause to his own movement's history, citing slavery, Jim Crow and laws against interracial marriage. "Discrimination against one group of people is discrimination against all of us", he said.
When Barack Obama endorsed same-sex marriage in 2012, Jackson praised the move. He called it "a bold step in the right direction for equal protection under the law for all citizens". He drew the same parallels to the fights against slavery and anti-miscegenation laws. He also favored federal legislation extending marriage rights to gay couples.
In 1983, Jackson flew to Syria to seek the freedom of Robert Goodman. The American pilot had been shot down over Lebanon during a bombing mission against Syrian positions. Jackson made a personal appeal to President Hafez al-Assad, and Goodman was released. The Reagan administration had doubted the trip. On the 4th of January 1984, Reagan welcomed both men to the White House. The episode burnished Jackson's image as a patriot and propelled his first presidential run.
More missions followed. In June 1984, Fidel Castro invited him to Cuba, and Jackson negotiated the release of 22 Americans held there. On the eve of the 1991 Persian Gulf War, he went to Iraq to plead with Saddam Hussein for foreign nationals held as "human shields". Several Britons and 20 Americans were freed. In April 1999, during the Kosovo War, he traveled to Belgrade with Serbian American congressman Rod Blagojevich and rabbi Steven Jacobs. Slobodan Milošević agreed to release three U.S. soldiers captured on the Macedonian border. The Clinton administration had not sanctioned the talks, which were treated as a private humanitarian mission. Even so, the White House received Jacobs.
Jackson also campaigned against South Africa's apartheid regime. He lobbied Pope John Paul II and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and he accompanied Nelson Mandela after Mandela's release from prison. In 1997, Jackson went to Kenya to meet President Daniel arap Moi. He was acting as Bill Clinton's special envoy for democracy, pressing for free and fair elections.
After the September 11 attacks, Jackson said on the 26th of September that the Taliban had invited him to lead a "peace delegation". The Taliban's ambassador to Pakistan gave a different account. He said Jackson had offered to mediate and that Mullah Mohammad Omar had accepted. The White House advised against the trip. Jackson eventually declined, citing the lack of progress by a Pakistani delegation.
On the 15th of February 2003, he addressed an estimated one million people in Hyde Park, London. The demonstration opposed the coming invasion of Iraq. In November 2004, he visited politicians and community activists in Northern Ireland to encourage the peace process and the Belfast Agreement's institutions. In August 2005, he met Hugo Chávez in Venezuela after Pat Robertson's remarks implied Chávez should be assassinated. Jackson called those remarks immoral and said Venezuela posed no threat to the United States. He attended Chávez's funeral in 2013. Speaking to Wolf Blitzer, he wrongly said that the first 15 presidents owned slaves.
In 2005, Jackson joined Operation Black Vote, Simon Woolley's British campaign to bring ethnic minorities to the polls. In 2009, he spoke for the International Peace Foundation and visited Malaysia and Thailand.
After Mayor Marion Barry was arrested, pressure mounted on Jackson to run for mayor of the District of Columbia. He said public servants "should never say never". His 1988 campaign chairman, Joel Ferguson, announced the next day that Jackson would stay out. Instead, Jackson ran for the new post of shadow senator when it was created in 1991, and held it until 1997. The post was unpaid and mainly a lobbying job for D.C. statehood. In November 1991, Democratic National Committee chair Ron Brown reported that Jackson would skip the 1992 primaries. That raised doubts about the Rainbow Coalition's future. At a 1990 dinner, George H. W. Bush had teased him about the presidency: "Jesse. I'm talking about little kids. I'm not talking about 49-year-old guys. Let's not rush it."
In January 1992, Jackson began hosting Both Sides with Jesse Jackson on CNN, a show that put guests from opposing camps on one issue. It was among the few CNN programs with a liberal host. That spring, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton insulted Jackson on an open television microphone and then called to apologize. On the 26th of April 1992, the two met for 40 minutes in Clinton's hotel suite and announced that both wanted to defeat Bush. Their friendship had begun in Little Rock in 1977, during the 20th anniversary celebration of the integration of Central High School. It surfaced publicly only in February 2026. Jackson was wary at first of Clinton's "Third Way" moderation. He became a key ally in winning African-American support. He declined an offer to be ambassador to South Africa so he could help his son Jesse Jackson Jr. run for the House. In October 1997 he accepted the role of special envoy for promoting democracy in Africa. When Clinton faced impeachment, Jackson called his lack of candor "a little crime". He led a prayer vigil outside the Capitol on the 17th of December 1998.
The new century brought new fights. On the 1st of March 2000, Jackson endorsed Al Gore. During the Florida recount, he said 27,000 Duval County votes went uncounted on election night, most from black inner-city neighborhoods. He joined a civil rights suit over the matter. In 2004, Governor Jeb Bush called Jackson's attack on felon purges "outrageous" and said he was "past his prime". In 2005, the Federal Election Commission fined Jackson and the Democratic National Committee $200,000 for violating electoral law in 2000.
Jackson's protests sometimes ended in handcuffs. He was the first person cuffed on the 1st of September 2003, when demonstrators blocked traffic at Yale in support of striking workers. On the 23rd of June 2007, he was arrested at a Riverdale, Illinois gun store accused of supplying local gangs, and charged with criminal trespassing. Earlier that year, in March 2007, he had endorsed Barack Obama. In 2008, a live microphone caught him whispering a crude remark about Obama's Father's Day speech scolding absent black fathers. He apologized. On election night that year, cameras showed him in tears at Chicago's Grant Park.
The 2010s drew him to a new generation of cases. In 2012, he stood with Trayvon Martin's parents in demanding George Zimmerman's arrest. In 2013, he met Marissa Alexander and urged prosecutors to cut her 20-year sentence. She was released in January 2015 under a plea deal. After the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, he marched to the site and led protesters in prayer, warning them not to destroy themselves. After Dylann Roof killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, Jackson called the attack the result of institutionalized racism.
In 2016, he declined to choose between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, citing his long ties to both. After Clinton won the nomination, he endorsed her. When Donald Trump released a video condemning the police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, Jackson granted it contained "significant remarks". He faulted Trump, though, for his earlier role in the birther movement.
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Who was Jesse Jackson?
Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. was an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister and politician who was born on the 8th of October 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina. He died on the 17th of February 2026.
What was Jesse Jackson's role in the civil rights movement?
Jesse Jackson worked under Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and led Operation Breadbasket, which used consumer boycotts to press businesses to hire black workers. He founded Operation PUSH in 1971 after leaving the organization.
Did Jesse Jackson run for president?
Jesse Jackson ran for the Democratic presidential nomination twice. In 1984 he finished third behind Walter Mondale and Gary Hart. In 1988 he finished second to Michael Dukakis with 6.9 million votes and 11 contests won.
What did Jesse Jackson say in his 1984 Democratic National Convention speech?
On the 17th of July 1984 in San Francisco, Jesse Jackson described America as a quilt of many patches woven together by a common thread. It was the first speech at a national convention to mention gays and lesbians.
What international negotiations did Jesse Jackson carry out?
Jesse Jackson secured the release of pilot Robert Goodman from Syria in 1983 and of 22 Americans from Cuba in June 1984. He also negotiated with Saddam Hussein in 1991 and with Slobodan Milošević in 1999.
What was Jesse Jackson's position as shadow senator?
Jesse Jackson served as the District of Columbia's shadow senator from 1991 to 1997. The post was unpaid and mainly a lobbying role for D.C. statehood.
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- 2Helen Burns Jackson, mother of Jesse Jackson, dies at 92Associated Press — September 7, 2015
- 3NewsN. L. Robinson, Jesse Jackson's Natural Father, Is Dead at 88Ronald Smothers — January 30, 1997
- 4BookJesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse JacksonMarshall Frady — Simon and Schuster — November 28, 2006
- 5Blue Clark, Indian Tribes of Oklahoma: A Guide, University of Oklahoma Press (2012), p. 75
- 6BookContemporary Black BiographyGale Group — 2001
- 7NewsEmerging Rights Leader; Jesse Louis JacksonSpecial to The New York Times — May 24, 1968
- 8NewsChicago's Operation Breadbasket Is Seeking Racial Solutions in Economic ProblemsJohn Herbers — June 2, 1969
- 9BookJesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse JacksonMarshall Frady — Random House — 1996
- 10News'He carried history,' Rev. Al Sharpton speaks on the passing of Jesse JacksonDominique Jack — PIX11 — February 17, 2026
- 11Rev. Sharpton Statement on Passing of His Mentor Rev. JacksonAl Sharpton — National Action Network — February 17, 2026
- 12NewsDecades later, Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peaceAaron Morrison — Associated Press — August 26, 2020
- 13Yusef Jackson: Beer boundaries didn't workMelissa Harris — November 3, 2013
- 14NewsJackson Contacts Cultivated Beer DealSabrina L. Miller — April 8, 2001
- 15NewsJacksonStuart Luman — October 17, 2005
- 16NewsJesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84Hellmann et al. — February 17, 2026
- 17NewsDeeDee Wright recalls the time when the 'Greenville Eight' were arrested, not celebratedMark Wineka — October 23, 2018
- 18Jackson Asks Graham To Stop ExecutionsBrian E. Crowley — September 19, 1984
- 19NewsCivil rights leader's killer executed in electric chairMarylyn Kalfus — September 21, 1984
- 20Remembering Jesse Jackson's longtime advocacy for LGBTQ+ equalityTrudy Ring — February 18, 2026
- 21The Obituaries Are Missing One of the Best Part of Jesse Jackson's Legacy: He Fought for Queers When Few DaredBrian Holt — February 17, 2026
- 22Jesse Jackson calls for gay marriage equalityDecember 8, 2010
- 23Voice for Equality: The Rev. Jesse JacksonDecember 8, 2010
- 25The Rev. Jesse Jackson lends support for marriage equalityDecember 6, 2010
- 26Rev. Jesse Jackson likens gay marriage push to fight over slaveryRene Lynch — May 10, 2012
- 27NewsJackson back in U.S. from Cuba with prisoners set free by CastroGerald M. Boyd — June 29, 1984
- 28NewsIn Africa, Jesse Jackson Was Esteemed for His Fight Against ApartheidJohn Eligon — February 17, 2026
- 29NewsRabbi Steven B. Jacobs lobbies for the release of three captive AmericansTom Tugend — The Jewish Journal — May 6, 1999
- 30NewsWorld & Nation L.A. Delegate Recounts Emotional Meeting With Yugoslav LeaderAnnie-Marie O'Connor — Los Angeles Times — May 3, 1999
- 31NewsSerbs Releasing Captured U.S. SoldiersSusan Sachs — May 2, 1999
- 32NewsOdd Moments in HistoryDecember 22, 2008
- 34Anti-war march: what the speakers saidFebruary 15, 2003
- 35Jackson: Give peace a chanceNovember 11, 2004
- 36Rev. Jackson Lends Support to ChavezChristopher Toothaker — Associated Press — August 28, 2005
- 37Jesse Jackson Praises Hugo Chavez as 'Great Leader' at FuneralEric Martin — Bloomberg News — March 8, 2013
- 38Jackson: Venezuela will evolveKatie Glueck — Politico — March 8, 2013
- 402009-04-23: Bridges – Rev. Jesse JacksonNIST International School — 2009
- 41NewsJesse Jackson Preaches a New Politics to the Alabama LegislatureArt Harris — May 25, 1983
- 42Fiery Jesse Jackson Attracting Politicians' Praise and CriticismFay Joyce — June 27, 1983
- 43Jesse Jackson Seeks Wider AudienceRonald Smothers — October 17, 1983
- 44Jackson Declares Formal CandidacyRonald Smothers — November 4, 1983
- 45NewsJackson Launches 1984 CandidacyMilton Coleman — November 4, 1983
- 46In Black America; Reverend Jesse JacksonDecember 1, 1984
- 47Jesse Jackson tugs at traditional political loyalty of L.A. blacksMarshall Ingwerson — November 16, 1983
- 48Coretta Scott King said today black leader Jesse Jackson...UPI — August 26, 1983
- 49NewsJesse Jackson: Why the Chorus Of Naysayers?William Raspberry — November 4, 1983
- 50N.A.A.C.P., Eye On '84, To Focus On Black Voter Drive In The NorthSheila Rule — July 14, 1983
- 51NewsJesse Jackson Gains Endorsement From an Atlanta NamesakeJames Dickenson et al. — November 24, 1983
- 52Jesse Jackson said Thursday his unorthodox campaign for the...Clay F. Richards — UPI — May 24, 1984
- 53Hart Enters Presidential Race, Stressing New IdeasHowell Raines — February 18, 1983
- 54NewsMondale Begins His '84 CampaignAdam Clymer — February 22, 1983
- 55Jackson Gets Support, Apparently Without Poll Of The GroupHowell Raines — December 2, 1983
- 56NewsJackson Gets Backing Of Black Church HeadMartin Schram et al. — December 2, 1983
- 57Jackson: down but not outDavid Tortorano — UPI — December 12, 1983
- 58NewsMondale Wins Endorsement of NOW, Black Alabama DemocratsDan Balz — December 11, 1983
- 59Democrats meet in debateClay F. Richards — UPI — January 15, 1984
- 60Prelude to a primaryGeorge B. Merry — January 19, 1984
- 61News8 Democrats are enticed into a no-rules debateDudley Clendinen — January 12, 1984
- 62NewsTime to Pay Attention to the Content of What Jackson's SayingRichard Cohen — January 18, 1984
- 63Candidates facing first major test in Iowa caucusesHowell Raines — February 19, 1984
- 64NewsMondale Keeps Lead In IowaBill Peterson — February 20, 1984
- 65Walter Mondale, shifting his campaign to New Hampshire after...Laurence J. McQuillan — UPI
- 66NewsDemocratic Candidates Crowd Main Street of Manchester, N.H.Martin Schram — February 24, 1984
- 67Democrats Vie for Position In Calm, Mannerly DebateHowell Raines — February 24, 1984
- 68Sen. Gary Hart, confident of a second-place finish in...Richard March — UPI — February 27, 1984
- 69Hart Scores Upset With 41% In New Hampshire Primary; Mondale At 29%, Glenn 13%Howell Raines — February 29, 1984
- 70Jesse Jackson, campaigning for the March 17 Mississippi caucuses,...Matthew C. Quinn — UPI — February 29, 1984
- 71Mondale and Hart battle to wire in New York primaryClay F. Richards — UPI — April 1, 1984
- 72NewsDebating Politics in The RoundTom Shales — March 29, 1984
- 73Hart and Mondale Clash Repeatedly in Sixth DebateMarch 29, 1984
- 74Campaign Notes; Jackson Wins Delegates In South Carolina TallyApril 15, 1984
- 75Jesse Jackson candidate with most South Carolina votesDavid F. Kern — UPI — March 26, 1984
- 76NewsJackson Winner in Capital for First Clearcut VictoryBen A. Franklin — May 2, 1984
- 77NewsJackson Takes Louisiana Vote In Low TurnoutPhil Gailey — May 6, 1984
- 78Jackson Advances On Mondale LeadGerald M. Boyd — March 25, 1984
- 79NewsKeeping 'Em CorralledMelinda Beck — April 16, 1984
- 80NewsBlack Voters Back Jackson, Aid MondaleMarch 14, 1984
- 81NewsMondale, Hart Clash Over Latin Policies, Harshness of RhetoricDan Balz et al. — March 31, 1984
- 82Standing Of Jackson Increases In PollHowell Raines — April 29, 1984
- 83NewsBlacks for Mondale Face 'Jackson Factor'April 20, 1984
- 84NewsJackson Drive Puts Blacks 'Back in Touch'April 29, 1984
- 85Black Democrats In A Poll Prefer Mondale To Jackson As NomineeDavid E. Rosenbaum — July 10, 1984
- 86NewsManatt, Jackson to Confer Again on Vote-Delegate DisparityJuan Williams — May 22, 1984
- 87NewsMondale Wins Jersey Race By Wide Margin Over Hart; California Voters Are SplitHowell Raines — June 6, 1984
- 88NewsDemocrats Rally to Bid By MondaleDavid S. Broder — June 7, 1984
- 89Mondale To Call His Two Rivals For NominationBernard Weinraub — June 7, 1984
- 90Jackson Says He Can't 'Cut a Deal' for Party UnityEric Pianin — July 1, 1984
- 91Mondale and Jackson Are Upbeat After Meeting Despite DifferencesBernard Weinraub — July 4, 1984
- 92Mondale Says He Won't Run with JacksonHowell Raines — July 12, 1984
- 93NewsMondale Seeking To Distance JacksonJuly 12, 1984
- 96Jackson Delivers Impassioned Plea for Unified PartyHowell Raines — July 18, 1984
- 98The Democratic National Convention, approving its 1984 platform, Tuesday...Don Phillips — UPI — July 17, 1984
- 99NewsJackson Promises Mondale 'Intense' Election SupportDavid S. Broder et al. — August 29, 1984
- 100Democrats' Concerns About Role Of Jackson Appear To FadeRonald Smothers — September 23, 1984
- 101Reagan Wins by a Landslide, Sweeping at Least 48 States; G.O.P. Gains Strength in HouseHowell Raines — November 7, 1984
- 102NewsReagan Wins Reelection in Landslide, Largest Electoral College Total EverNovember 7, 1984
- 103Black vote decisive in state, local racesRobert Shepard — UPI — November 14, 1984
- 104For Visitors, Fun, Politics and ProtestsSeth S. King — January 20, 1985
- 105Inauguration '85. Reaganites kick up their cowboy-booted heelsLouise Sweeney — January 21, 1985
- 106NewsJackson, Supporters Stage Protest MarchKarlyn Barker — January 20, 1985
- 107The Rev. Jesse Jackson, saying the nation needed more...Toni Cardarella — UPI — April 8, 1985
- 108NewsJackson Urges City Teens To 'Say No to Drugs'Laurel E. Miller — July 9, 1985
- 109Jackson, to Class, Tells of InjusticeSara Rimer — June 15, 1986
- 110The Rev. Jesse Jackson and the chairman of a...Will Dunham — UPI — June 25, 1986
- 111The Democratic executive committee, rejecting demands by Jesse Jackson,...Steve Gerstel — UPI — November 22, 1986
- 112NewsCan Democrats Live with Jesse Jackson...David S. Broder — April 23, 1986
- 113Jackson Forms a Panel to Explore a 1988 BidMarch 19, 1987
- 114NewsJackson Running a Mainstream CampaignEdward Walsh — April 20, 1987
- 115Jesse Jackson meets with WallaceBruce Ritchie — UPI — July 20, 1987
- 116News4 Democrats Endorse Black Caucus AgendaGwen Ifill — September 27, 1987
- 117NewsJackson Makes Formal Bid for Presidency in 1988David E. Rosenbaum — October 11, 1987
- 118NewsJackson Opens '88 Bid Atop Democratic PollsPaul Taylor — October 11, 1987
- 120Poll Shows Jackson and Bush Holding Solid Leads in the SouthRonald Smothers — October 4, 1987
- 121NewsJackson Names 2 To Lead CampaignIsabel Wilkerson — November 14, 1987
- 122Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson decided to cut short...Daniel J. Silva — UPI — November 25, 1987
- 123NewsChicago Mayor Washington Suffers Fatal Heart AttackBill Peterson — November 26, 1987
- 124Jackson Calls for a National Health Care PlanBernard Weinraub — June 23, 1988
- 125NewsJackson Program Gives Budget Debate A ShoveRobert J. Samuelson — May 31, 1988
- 126Jackson Offers Budget Plan as Blueprint for DemocratsBernard Weinraub — May 24, 1988
- 127Jackson Rebuffed on Tax IncreasesDavid E. Rosenbaum — June 26, 1988
- 128NewsCampaign Stirs Conflicts Among Gay VotersJane Gross — April 13, 1988
- 129NewsIn Watts, Jackson Focuses on Drug Problem's RootsGwen Ifill — June 3, 1988
- 130Jackson Carries Words of Hope to Mean StreetsKaren Tumulty et al. — June 3, 1988
- 132Jackson Details Pension Loan PlanGwen Ifill — March 18, 1988
- 133NewsDemocrats and the BombCharles Martin — April 17, 1988
- 134Change on Soviet Urged by JacksonBernard Weinraub — May 25, 1988
- 135NewsNew Hampshire's Eyes On IowaEdward Walsh — January 24, 1988
- 136TV View; In the Debates, Appearance Conquers SubstanceJohn Corry — January 24, 1988
- 137The seven Democratic presidential candidates attacked one another on...Joseph Mianowany — UPI — January 24, 1988
- 138NewsDole Wins in Iowa, with Robertson NextE. J. Jr. Dionne — February 9, 1988
- 139NewsDole, Gephardt Win Iowa CaucusesPaul Taylor — February 9, 1988
- 140Bush Overcomes Dole's Bid and Dukakis is Easy Winner in New Hampshire PrimariesE. J. Jr. Dionne — February 17, 1988
- 141NewsBush Rolls over Gop Rivals In 'Super Tuesday' Contests As Dukakis, Jackson And Gore Split Democratic BallotPaul Taylor — March 9, 1988
- 142After Super Tuesday; Democrats Think Tuesday's Results Mean A Long RaceR. W. Jr. Apple — March 10, 1988
- 143Jackson Edges Out Dukakis In AlaskaHal Spencer — March 12, 1988
- 144NewsJackson Wins With Majority In South Carolina CaucusesThomas B. Edsall — March 13, 1988
- 145NewsBush And Jackson Win In Puerto Rico VotingMarch 20, 1988
- 146Jackson Wins 2 to 1 in Michigan: He also Leads Dukakis in Delegates in State; Gephardt Is Distant ThirdKeith Love — March 27, 1988
- 147NewsJackson Triumphs with Landslide over Dukakis in MichiganPaul Taylor — March 27, 1988
- 148Jackson Wins Easily in Michigan in Surprising Setback to DukakisR. W. Jr. Apple — March 27, 1988
- 149Jackson Triumph Changes Outlook of Top DemocratsR. W. Jr. Apple — March 28, 1988
- 150Campaign in New York Beginning as Party Weighs Jackson's RoleFrank Lynn — March 28, 1988
- 151Democrats debate in New YorkSarah Raper — UPI — March 28, 1988
- 152Jackson Conciliatory on Jewish IssueMaureen Dowd — April 8, 1988
- 153Mayor Edward Koch launched his harshest attack yet on...Matthew C. Quinn — UPI — April 17, 1988
- 154New York Gives Dukakis A Crucial Victory; Jackson Far Ahead of Gore, Who May QuitE. J. Jr. Dionne — April 20, 1988
- 155NewsCampaign's Legacy to Gore Experience and Hard Feelings?April 21, 1988
- 156NewsThis Gore Campaign, and the Next((NYT editors)) — April 22, 1988
- 157Personality Spotlight: Albert Gore Jr. U.S. senator, ex-candidateUPI — April 21, 1988
- 158NewsKoch Offers 'Regret' about Tone of His Attacks on JacksonHoward Kurtz — April 28, 1988
- 159Dukakis Wins in Colorado; Jackson Faults Tally DelayAndrew Rosenthal — April 6, 1988
- 160Dukakis Wins Narrow Victory Over Jackson in Colorado CaucusesAP News — April 5, 1988
- 161Dukakis and Jackson on Agreeable Terms in DebateDavid E. Rosenbaum — April 23, 1988
- 162NewsDebate Becomes Love FeastPaul Taylor — April 23, 1988
- 163NewsWith Race Largely Over, Jackson Lets Up Only a BitMarch 29, 1988
- 164NewsJackson Awaits '2nd Phase' Of CampaignGwen Ifill — June 8, 1988
- 165Jackson Shakes The V.P. TreeMay 31, 1988
- 166Dukakis Ponders Role Of JacksonRobin Toner — June 2, 1988
- 167Dukakis-Jackson Bid Beats Bush, Poll SaysApril 3, 1988
- 168Dukakis Picks Bentsen for Running Mate; Texan Adds Conservative Voice To Ticket; A Regional BalanceRobin Toner — July 13, 1988
- 169Dukakis plays it safe with veep choice BentsenSteve Gerstel — UPI — July 13, 1988
- 170Comments From Dukakis, Bentsen and JacksonJuly 13, 1988
- 171Jackson Suggests Carter Might Heal Rift With DukakisE. J. Jr. Dionne — July 15, 1988
- 172NewsDukakis-Jackson Talk Ushers In Harmony As Convention OpensDavid S. Broder — July 19, 1988
- 173Michael Dukakis told the loyal supporters of Jesse Jackson...Lori Santos — UPI — July 22, 1988
- 174NewsDemocrats Struggle In MichiganThomas B. Edsall — September 25, 1988
- 175NewsU.S. agents seize Robinson recordsMark Brown — June 7, 1988
- 177NewsOpinion Jackson's Reversal on AbortionColman McCarthy — May 21, 1988
- 178Jesse Jackson: Peace is the presence of justiceJesse Jackson — May 9, 2022
- 180Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending 50 years of federal abortion rightsKevin Breuninger et al. — June 24, 2022
- 181NewsBarry Arrested on Cocaine Charges in Undercover FBI, Police OperationSharon LaFraniere — January 19, 1990
- 182Jackson Undecided on FutureJanuary 24, 1990
- 183Jackson Rules Out Mayor's Race In Washington, Associates SayMichael Wines — February 26, 1990
- 184As Bush Hails Progress by Blacks, Veto Is Seen on Rights BillSteven A. Holmes — April 5, 1990
- 185NewsJackson to Forgo Presidential Race in'92, Adviser SaysSteven A. Holmes — November 2, 1991
- 186Jackson Says He Won't Run But Seeks to Keep CoalitionGwen Ifill — November 3, 1991
- 187NewsTHE 1992 CAMPAIGN – Brown – Candidate Is Tripped Up Over Alliance With JacksonMaureen Dowd — April 3, 1992
- 190The 1992 Campaign: On the Sidelines; In Response to Apology by Clinton, Jackson Takes a JabRonald Smothers — February 28, 1992
- 191NewsThe 1992 Campaign; Jackson Meets Clinton but Doesn't Endorse HimGwen Ifill — April 26, 1992
- 192The 1992 Campaign: Democrats; Jackson Asks His Party to Pay Attention to the Poor and the CitiesDavid E. Rosenbaum — May 19, 1992
- 193NewsOpinion The Decline of Jesse Jackson... and the Rise of Ron Brown.David S. Broder — July 14, 1992
- 194NewsTV review: 'With Jesse Jackson'Rick Sherwood — January 6, 1992
- 195NewsJackson's New CNN Talk Show Widens Spectrum of ThoughtHoward Rosenberg — January 20, 1992
- 196Reverend Jackson never stopped working for a better America with brighter tomorrows. Hillary's and my full statement on the passing of our dear friendBill Clinton — February 17, 2026
- 197NewsRev. Jesse Jackson: Minister, civil rights advocate, politician, intermediary, and social justiceDarcel Rockett — Chicago Tribune — February 17, 2026
- 198NewsJackson Named Special Envoy to AfricaOctober 9, 1997
- 199Statement by the Press SecretaryThe White House – Office of the Press Secretary — clintonwhitehouse6.archives.gov — October 8, 1997
- 200King's Speech Commemorated by ThousandsRobin Toner — August 29, 1993
- 201Rapper Tupac Shakur Dies After Drive-by ShootingMichelle Dearmond — AP News — September 13, 1996
- 202Editorial – Another Clear Warning for TupacSF Gate — September 10, 1996
- 203Race for City Hall: The Runoff; Jesse Jackson Campaigns for SharptonLynette Holloway — September 14, 1997
- 204Giuliani Wins With EaseJustin Oppmann — CNN — November 4, 1997
- 205Jesse Jackson, Others Criticize Giuliani's Responsegreensboro.com — March 23, 2000
- 206NewsTime LineSeptember 13, 1998
- 207NewsDirect Access: Jesse JacksonDecember 16, 1998
- 208Capitol Vigil For ClintonCBS News — December 17, 1998
- 209President Clinton impeachedHistory — November 24, 2009
- 210NewsWhat have presidents been impeached for? These were the articles of impeachment for Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill ClintonJason Silverstein — February 15, 2021
- 211NewsJesse Jackson Won't Run for PresidentTerry M. Neal — March 25, 1999
- 212Jesse Jackson Will Skip 2000 Race, Advisers SayRichard L. Berke — March 24, 1999
- 213Jackson attacks Bush on hate-crimes recordUPI — August 16, 1999
- 214Jesse Jackson endorses Gore for presidentCNN — March 1, 2000
- 215Bradley, McCain bow out of party racesIan Christopher McCaleb — CNN — March 9, 2000
- 216Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's Speech to the Democratic National ConventionAugust 16, 2000
- 217NewsBush, Gore kick off fall campaign season with appeal to working familiesMike Ferullo — CNN — September 4, 2000
- 218NewsTranscript: Gore remarks on Florida vote certificationCNN — November 27, 2000
- 219Inquiry Into Florida Voting Problems UrgedDavid Gonzalez — November 10, 2000
- 220Jesse Jackson Files Suit in FloridaABC News — December 6, 2000
- 221NewsGore concedes presidential electionCNN — December 13, 2000
- 222NewsVice President Al Gore delivers remarksCNN — December 13, 2000
- 223Jackson blasts Bush's pick to head DCFGainesville — August 18, 2002
- 224Jesse Jackson fights felon voter purgeUPI — June 22, 2004
- 225Jesse Jackson urges Schiavo be revivedMarch 30, 2005
- 226Jesse Jackson May Head to AfghanistanJennifer Loven — Associated Press — September 26, 2001
- 227NewsJesse Jackson considers peace tripAudrey Gillan et al. — September 27, 2001
- 228NewsJackson to Appeal to Afghan LeadersMaura Kelly — Associated Press — September 29, 2001
- 229Jesse Jackson: Still PUSHingA.L. Swanson — UPI — February 13, 2002
- 230Lawsuit seeks to bar Jesse Jackson from speaking for African-AmericansCNN — December 2, 2002
- 231Jury convicts white supremacistsDave Haskell — July 26, 2002
- 232Jesse Jackson And 18 Others Are Arrested In Yale ProtestSteven Greenhouse — September 2, 2003
- 233Jesse Jackson vows to 'get out the vote'Alvin Powell — Harvard University — February 19, 2004
- 235Kerry as the Boss: Always More QuestionsAdam Nagourne — September 26, 2004
- 236Jesse Jackson pumps up black vote for KerryJason B. Johnson — October 12, 2004
- 237NewsDems, Jackson to Pay $200,000 in FinesSharon Theimer — Associated Press — May 26, 2005
- 238NewsDemocrats, Jackson fined $200,000 by FECRudolph Bush — May 27, 2005
- 239Rev. Jesse Jackson slams Artur Davis over health care voteGeorge Talbot — November 20, 2009
- 240Artur Davis' loss in Alabama's black precincts 'stunning'Charles J. Dean — June 3, 2010
- 241Jesse Jackson: Obama deserves 'at least a B' but must address 'urban crisis' epitomized by DetroitJonathan Oosting — August 27, 2010
- 242Jesse Jackson, UAW hustle votes for Democrats at Detroit "jobs" marchShannon Jones — World Socialist Web Site — August 31, 2010
- 243Al Sharpton: Obama's Go-To Black LeaderWayne Barrett — April 13, 2011
- 244Jackson, Civil Rights Leaders Call For Arrest Of Man Who Shot Trayvon MartinCBS News — March 26, 2012
- 245Jesse Jackson calls for gun law repeal as George Zimmerman heads to courtAdam Kealoha Causey
- 246Zimmerman Arrested On Murder Charge In Martin Case; Will Plead Not GuiltyBill Chappell — NPR — April 11, 2012
- 247NewsJury Acquits Zimmerman of All ChargesArian Campo — July 14, 2013
- 248Jesse Jackson: 'I Do Not Accept' Zimmerman Verdictwbur — July 15, 2013
- 249NewsZimmerman blames Obama for racial tensions after Trayvon Martin shootingLetitia Stein — Reuters — March 24, 2015
- 250Jesse Jackson visits Marissa Alexander, discusses case with Angela CoreyDana Treen — July 16, 2013
- 251Florida woman in 'warning shot' case released from jailSusan Cooper Eastman — January 27, 2015
- 252Michael Brown is killed by a police officer in Ferguson, MissouriHistory.com — August 6, 2020
- 253Jesse Jackson: There's a 'Ferguson' near youJesse L. Jackson, Sr. — August 12, 2014
- 254Rev. Jackson: Like a 'state execution'Jonathan Topaz — August 15, 2014
- 255Jesse Jackson joins protests as hundreds turn out in FergusonCBS News — August 16, 2014
- 256Fires, chaos erupt in Ferguson after grand jury doesn't indict in Michael Brown caseMoni Basu et al. — November 25, 2014
- 257Rev. Jackson calls for federal grand jury in Ferguson shootingWLS-TV — November 29, 2014
- 258Rev. Jesse Jackson to East Palo Alto: Fight gentrificationSue Dremann — January 27, 2015
- 259Dylann Roof found guilty on all counts in Charleston church massacre trialDustin Waters et al. — December 15, 2016
- 260NewsDylann Roof Found Guilty in Charleston Church MassacreKevin Sack et al. — December 15, 2016
- 261In Charleston Funerals, Remembering Victims of Hate as Symbols of LoveLizette Alvarez — June 26, 2015
- 262Charleston shooting: we need prayer, but also an end to this political genocideJesse Jackson — June 20, 2015
- 263Jesse Jackson not planning to endorse in Democratic primaryMike Lillis — January 27, 2016
- 264Jesse Jackson endorses Hillary ClintonEugene Scott — CNN — June 11, 2016
- 265Trump: Dallas shootings have 'shaken the soul of our nation'David Wright — CNN — July 8, 2016
- 266Jesse Jackson: Trump's rhetoric 'helped to seed these clouds'Nick Gass — July 10, 2016
- 267Jesse Jackson: Black voters have 'everything to lose' voting for TrumpSebastian Kitchen — Jacksonville — November 5, 2016
- 268NewsTrump pulls off biggest upset in U.S. historyShane Goldmacher et al. — November 9, 2016
- 269NewsWhy Trump Won: Working-Class WhitesNate Cohn — November 9, 2016
- 270There's a lot of reaching out to do. I pray Trump's arms are long enoughJesse Jackson — November 9, 2016
- 272Jesse Jackson urges Latinos to unite and battle TrumpRick Jervis — April 5, 2017
- 274Rev. Jesse Jackson on Donald Trump: 'He would not qualify to get into Jesus's kingdom'Alex Thomas — Dayton Daily News — September 2, 2017
- 275NewsRev. Jesse Jackson slams Trump, encourages NFL boycottNicquel Terry — September 25, 2017
- 276Jesse Jackson Blasts Trump, Envisions Progressive CoalitionCBS News — January 29, 2018
- 277Jesse Jackson: How Dr. King Lived Is Why He DiedJesse Jackson — April 3, 2018
- 278Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for 'defiance, determination' in Louisville sermonDarcy Costello — September 15, 2018
- 279NewsEmpire star Jussie Smollett attacked in possible hate crimeSandra Gonzalez — CNN — January 29, 2019
- 280NewsChicago Police Department Original Case Incident ReportWLS-TV — January 29, 2019
- 281Newly revealed report offers chilling details of alleged Jussie Smollett attackKarma Allen — ABC News — February 4, 2019
- 282Jesse Jackson: 'Hate and violence are raining down on our country'Eric Lutz — February 2, 2019
- 283NewsJussie Smollett Faces Felony Charge, Accused of Faking Own AssaultSopan Deb — February 20, 2019
- 284NewsActor Jussie Smollett charged with felony for allegedly filing a false police reportRay Sanchez et al. — CNN — February 20, 2019
- 285NewsBefore Jussie Smollett Sentencing, His Supporters Ask for 'Mercy'Julia Jacobs — March 9, 2022
- 286Jussie Smollett sentenced to 150 days in jail, 30 months' probation before emotional outburstDiane Pathieu — ABC7 — March 10, 2022
- 287NewsLeave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswomen of colorJonathan LeMire et al. — July 14, 2019
- 288Jesse Jackson: President Trump must stop attacking Rep. Ilhan OmarPatrick Condon — July 22, 2019
- 289Jesse Jackson urges Trump to pardon former Illinois Gov. Rod BlagojevichAndrew O'Reilly — Fox News — July 17, 2019
- 290Rev. Jesse Jackson Sends Letter to Trump Seeking Pardon for Former Illinois Gov. Rod BlagojevichAnna Kaplan — July 16, 2019
- 291NewsRev. Jesse Jackson delivers food to activists occupying Venezuelan Embassy in D.C.Marissa Lang — May 15, 2019
- 292Jesse Jackson launches effort to register 100,000 new voters in South CarolinaKirk Brown — June 21, 2019
- 293Rev. Jesse Jackson drops in at Paine to push voter registrationRenetta DuBose — WJBF.com — October 9, 2019
- 294NewsRev. Jesse Jackson, other civil rights leaders tout Conyers' legacyOralandar Brand-Williams — November 3, 2019
- 295Rev. Jesse Jackson says Biden was on 'the wrong side of history' with busingRishika Dugyala — June 28, 2019
- 296Jesse Jackson endorses Bernie Sanders for presidentAnnie Grayer — March 8, 2020
- 297Sanders taps Rev. Jesse Jackson as campaign advisorJ. Edward Moreno — March 14, 2020
- 298NewsBernie Sanders Drops Out of 2020 Democratic Race for PresidentSydney Ember — April 8, 2020
- 299NewsBernie Sanders drops out of the 2020 race, clearing Joe Biden's path to the Democratic nominationGregory Krieg et al. — CNN — April 8, 2020
- 300NewsBernie Sanders drops out of the presidential raceJacob Pramuk — CNBC — April 8, 2020
- 301Jesse Jackson: Blacks won't fall for Trump's big conOctober 26, 2020
- 302NewsPresidential Election Results: Biden WinsDecember 11, 2020
- 303NewsBiden's 306 Electoral College Votes Make His Victory OfficialJosh Holder et al. — December 14, 2020
- 304Biden's vow of Black justice a nod to his most loyal votersPBS — January 28, 2022
- 305Jesse Jackson: Americans looking for bold leadership from BidenJesse Jackson — January 4, 2021
- 306MagazineJesse Jackson Says Officers Involved in Breonna Taylor's Death Should Be Prosecuted and Charged With MurderMeghan Roos — June 6, 2020
- 307Rev. Jesse Jackson marches for justice for Breonna Taylor, Jacob BlakeCaroline Reinwald — WISN — September 24, 2020
- 308Rev. Jesse Jackson Joins Families Of Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake In Call For JusticeCBS News — October 3, 2020
- 309Rev. Jesse Jackson joins Jacob Blake, Breonna Taylor families, urging people to vote for changeCate Cauguiran — ABC7 — October 3, 2020
- 310NewsDerek Chauvin trial: Why white people need to watch, confront racismAlia E. Dastagir — April 8, 2021
- 311Rev. Jesse Jackson calls for nationwide protests after George Floyd's deathTyler J. Davis — May 28, 2020
- 312Derek Chauvin convicted of murdering George FloydNolan D. McCaskill et al. — April 20, 2021
- 313Derek Chauvin convicted of murder, manslaughter in death of George FloydChao Xiong et al. — April 20, 2021
- 314NewsRev. Jesse Jackson After Chauvin Verdict: 'We Must Learn To Live Together As Brothers And Sisters And Not Die Apart'CBS News — April 20, 2021
- 315NewsPresident Biden gets America's priorities rightJesse Jackson — August 16, 2021
- 317NewsJesse Jackson among voting rights protesters arrested in D.C.Ellie Silverman — August 2, 2021
- 318NewsIt Called Itself a Yoga School. Prosecutors Say It Was a Sex CultAna Lankes — June 8, 2024
- 319Jesse Jackson On President Biden's State Of The UnionJesse Jackson — February 20, 2023
- 320Biden, in Selma, Says Voting Rights Are Still 'Under Assault'Katie Rogers — March 5, 2023
- 321NewsCivil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson to step down as Rainbow PUSH Coalition presidentRaja Razek — July 14, 2023
- 322NewsJesse Jackson to step down from his civil rights groupJuly 15, 2023
- 323NewsJesse Jackson to retire as head of civil rights organization Rainbow PUSHJuly 14, 2023
- 324A Message to the Protesters From Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. — The Chicago Maroon — May 3, 2024
- 325Two candidates who won the highest number of vote take two shadow seats.
- 329Ted Kennedy gave us strength to achieve our dreamsJesse Jackson — August 29, 2009
- 330Bernie Sanders meets with 'long-time friend' Jesse JacksonDan Merica — CNN — August 17, 2015
- 331Jesse Jackson on Aretha Franklin's quiet but profound civil rights legacyRochelle Riley — Detroit Free Press — August 15, 2018
- 333Jesse Jackson: Elijah Cummings was a man of dignity and disciplineJesse Jackson — CNN — October 18, 2019
- 334Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., On His Friend And Fellow Civil Rights Leader John LewisWBEZChicago — July 24, 2020
- 335NNPA honors Maxine Waters and other leadersStacy M. Brown — September 25, 2018
- 336Rev. Jackson: I'll Remember Michael's JoyCBS News — July 7, 2009
- 337NewsJesse Jackson's Ex-Mistress Has No Regrets16 August 2001
- 338NewsPrez, kin support JacksonMartin Mbugua — January 19, 2001
- 339NewsThe 'wrongs' of 'Mr. civil rights'Peter Noel — May 8, 2001
- 340Rev. Jesse Jackson hospitalized due to stomach painsGainesville — September 4, 2008
- 341Jesse Jackson is hospitalizedSeptember 5, 2008
- 342NewsJesse Jackson diagnosed with Parkinson's diseaseSusan Scutti — November 17, 2017
- 343NewsRev. Jesse Jackson and his wife have been hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19Natalie Andes et al. — August 22, 2021
- 344NewsCivil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalised with COVID-19August 22, 2021
- 345Reverend Jesse Jackson transferred to rehab facility, wife moved to ICU after COVID-19 hospitalizationsZoe Christen Jones — August 28, 2021
- 346NewsJacqueline Jackson, the wife of civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson, is home after hospitalization for Covid-19Andy Rose — September 4, 2021
- 347NewsChicago civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized for rare neurological disorderSophia Tareen — Associated Press — November 13, 2025
- 348NewsJesse Jackson hospitalized, under observation for a neurodegenerative conditionMinyvonne Burke — NBC News — November 13, 2025
- 349NewsCivil rights leader Jesse Jackson leaves hospital after treatment for neurological disorderAssociated Press — November 26, 2025
- 350NewsRev. Jesse Jackson expected to return home soon after hospitalization, family saysABC7 Chicago — December 11, 2025
- 351Newssoon, family saysIzzy Stroobandt — NBC Chicago — December 11, 2025
- 352NewsRev. Jesse Jackson discharged from acute care facility, family saysABC7 Chicago — December 22, 2025
- 353NewsThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84Sophia Tareen — February 17, 2026
- 354🙏🏽🕊️Rainbow PUSH Coalition — February 17, 2026
- 355NewsThe Rev. Jesse Jackson, pioneering civil rights activist and racial 'pathfinder,' dies at 84Alex Stambraugh — February 17, 2026
- 356NewsTrump honors Jesse Jackson as "force of nature"Melissa Quinn — February 17, 2026
- 357NewsTrump pays tribute to 'force of nature' Jesse JacksonAshleigh Fields — February 17, 2026
- 358NewsArkansas officials, organizations react to death of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse JacksonThomas Farrar — February 17, 2026
- 359NewsLatest: Presidents and Faith Leaders Pay Tribute to Jesse JacksonClaire Moses — February 17, 2026
- 360NewsBarack and Michelle Obama Remember Jesse Jackson as a 'True Giant': 'We Stood on His Shoulders'Paloma Chavez — February 17, 2026
- 361Live updates: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson, Trump and others share tributesDeva Lee — February 17, 2026
- 362Gov. McMaster, Rev. Al Shaprton, others react to death of Rev. Jesse JacksonFebruary 17, 2026
- 363A message from The King on the death of Reverend Jesse JacksonThe Royal Household — February 18, 2026
- 365News2026 NAACP Image Awards: 'Sinners' Dominates With 13 Wins, Including Best Motion PictureHilary Lewis — The Hollywood Reporter — February 28, 2026
- 367Illinois lowers flags to half-staff for Jesse Jackson - Capitol City NowCapitol City Now — 2026-02-19
- 368Gov. Beshear orders flags at half-staff for Jesse Jackson on March 7Olivia Tock — 2026-02-21
- 374Governor Meyer Orders the Lowering of Flags to Honor the Lives of George Bunting and John Viola; Rev. Jesse JacksonDelaware News — 2026-02-17
- 377NewsHere are the states putting flags at half-staff for Jesse JacksonMax Rego — February 26, 2026
- 378DC lowers flags to half-staff to honor Rev. Jesse JacksonAndrea Swalec et al. — 2026-02-27
- 379Rev. Jesse Jackson to lie in state at South Carolina StatehouseZach Rainey — 2026-02-24
- 380NewsRev. Jesse Jackson to lie in state at South Carolina State HouseMarley Bassett — WIS — February 23, 2026
- 381NewsRev. Jesse Jackson's family speaks on death of civil rights iconEvelyn Holmes — WLS — February 18, 2026
- 382NewsJesse Jackson celebration of life scheduled for next weekSusan Carpenter — Spectrum News 1 — February 18, 2026
- 383Rainbow PUSH adds D.C. and South Carolina dates to Jesse Jackson's Celebration of Life servicesZach Rainey — 2026-02-20
- 386NewsProcession leads Rev. Jesse Jackson's casket from Chicago to South Carolina for continued servicesElyssa Kaufman — CBS Chicago — March 1, 2026
- 387NewsCrowds of mourners line up for memorial services for Jesse Jackson at his Chicago organizationSophia Tareen — February 26, 2026
- 388NewsRev. Jesse Jackson visitation begins at PUSH HQ : Live UpdatesFebruary 26, 2026
- 389NewsRev. Jesse Jackson's body moves to South CarolinaFebruary 28, 2026
- 391NewsReverend Jesse L. JacksonLeevy's Funeral Home
- 392VideoRev. Jesse Jackson's body arrives at South Carolina State House in horse-drawn processionStephanie Moore — 2026-03-02
- 393NewsMany prominent leaders on hand as Jesse Jackson lies in state. Who's there?Nick Reynolds — The Post and Courier — March 2, 2026
- 394NewsFormer ambassador, Black lawmakers among those in SC to honor Jesse JacksonMatt Kelley — The State — March 2, 2026
- 395NewsRev. Jesse Jackson lies in state at South Carolina StatehouseBella Carpenter — Greenville News — March 2, 2026
- 396NewsJesse Jackson to be given large tribute today in South Carolina. Here's what to know, how to watchWLTX — March 2, 2026
- 397Reverend Jesse Jackson: A Day of RemembranceSCETV — YouTube — March 2, 2026
- 398NewsRev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in stateJeffrey Collins — March 2, 2026
- 400NewsMemorial service for Rev. Jesse Jackson at Brookland Baptist ChurchWach Fox — YouTube — March 2, 2026
- 401NewsLive updates: Jesse Jackson Jr., Steve Benjamin speak at Brookland Baptist service for Rev. JacksonThe Post and Courier — March 2, 2026
- 402Gonyo, Meghan (2026-03-03). "South Carolinians honor Rev. Jesse Jackson with memorial service in West Columbia". WPDE. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
- 403NewsRemembering Rev. Jesse Jackson: Services expanded to include Chicago, South CarolinaABC 7 Chicago — March 3, 2026
- 404NewsRev. Jesse Jackson funeral in Chicago will be attended by Obama, Clintons, Bidens on FridaySara Tenenbaum et al. — CBS Chicago — March 4, 2026
- 405NewsFormer US presidents to attend memorial for Rev. Jesse Jackson in ChicagoTahman Bradley — WGN-TV — March 4, 2026
- 406News3 former presidents to travel to Chicago for services honoring Rev. Jesse JacksonJames Neveau — NBC Chicago — March 4, 2026
- 407NewsSpeakers named for Rev. Jesse Jackson's Celebration of Life service at Chicago's House of HopeJames Neveau — NBC Chicago — March 3, 2026
- 408NewsWatch here: Homegoing service for civil rights leader Jesse JacksonBill Chappell — WGBH — March 6, 2026
- 409NewsWho is speaking and performing at Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral? Here's the scheduleNBC Chicago — March 6, 2026
- 410NewsThousands to gather at Chicago church for public celebration of Rev. Jesse JacksonJames Neveau — NBC Chicago — March 6, 2026
- 411Fmr. Presidents Obama, Clinton & Biden Attend Rev. Jesse Jackson Memorial ServiceC-SPAN — March 6, 2026
- 412NewsAfter president-filled celebration, Rev. Jesse Jackson's family gathers for intimate final goodbyeMatt Brown — Associated Press — March 7, 2026
- 413NewsPrivate funeral service held for Rev. Jesse Jackson at Rainbow PUSH headquartersElyssa Kaufman et al. — CBS Chicago — March 7, 2026
- 414National WinnersJefferson Awards Foundation
- 415NewsNAACP Honors Jesse Jackson, Eddie MurphyDecember 11, 1988
- 416NewsN.A.A.C.P., Long at Odds With Jackson, Is Giving Him AwardJulie Johnson — July 14, 1989
- 417NewsJackson is not ready to celebrateJune 26, 1999
- 418Jesse Jackson's Africa policyBy — 2026-02-18
- 420Ayatese
- 421Honorary degree for Jesse JacksonThe University of Edinburgh
- 422NewsJesse Jackson receives University of Edinburgh honorary degreeAugust 23, 2015
- 423France honours Rev. Jesse Jackson with the Legion d'HonneurJuly 19, 2021
- 426Jesse Jackson: molded by struggle. Segregation instilled a fierce ambition to succeedDonald L. Rheem — October 9, 1987
- 427Movement That Didn't MoveDavid J. Barron — November 9, 1987
- 428Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson visits South CarolinaBethany Flower — WNCT9 — February 2, 2022
- 429Rev. Jesse Jackson visits the State Capitol, assisting Black Caucus to register votersMark Ballard — The Advocate — May 20, 2022
- 430Jackson's lure: the gift of oratoryJoseph C. Harsch — April 7, 1988
- 431Jackson tops orator 'report card'; Hart flunksShelia Mullan — UPI — February 18, 1988
- 432Rev. Jesse Jackson Offers Spirited Words at Kennedy School Class DayParker R. Conrad — June 9, 1999
- 4331984: Jesse Jackson's run for the White House and the rise of the black voterSteve Kornacki — NBC News — July 29, 2019
- 435What kind of loser will Bernie Sanders be?Medium — June 8, 2016
- 436Jesse Jackson enabled new generation to serve, says BrazileJulia Manchester — October 11, 2018
- 437Herb Benham: Jesse Jackson's actions smack of hypocrisyBakersfield.com — February 10, 2006
- 438Obama neuters Jesse Jackson's race baitingJuly 14, 2008
- 439LeBron James to Miami Heat: Jesse Jackson Forces Racism into the DiscussionRG Yoho — July 12, 2010
- 440Aretha's Funeral: Anti-Trump Bigots Hear Truth About the No. 1 Problem in the Black CommunityLarry Elder — Creators Syndicate — September 6, 2018
- 441Jesse Jackson's ErrorJanuary 23, 2001
- 442NewsOpinion Public Leaders, Private MisstepsCheryl S. Cosey — January 23, 2001
- 443NewsJesse Jackson came up short—but don't we all?Michael Eric Dyson — January 23, 2001
- 444Happy 80th birthday to my most impactful mentor @revjjackson . I met him when he came to speak at the jail I was in. He suggested I get my GED, go to college, and become an activist. He later campaigned and did radio Ads for my election. Love and appreciate him!!Judge Greg Mathis — Facebook — October 8, 2021
- 445News'They showed his photo, and my stomach just dropped': Neighbors recall synagogue massacre suspect as a lonerAvi Selk et al. — October 28, 2018
- 446Trump says Pittsburgh shooting has little to do with gun lawsTimothy Gardner et al. — October 27, 2018
- 447NewsJesse Jackson joins mourners at Wilmette service to remember Pittsburgh shooting victimsKathy Routliffe — October 30, 2018
- 448Civil rights activist Jesse Jackson endorses SandersJustine Coleman — March 8, 2020
- 449NewsReverend Jesse Jackson's daughter reveals she has converted to Judaism26 July 2026
- 450NewsJesse Jackson Aims for the MainstreamJoyce Purnick et al. — November 29, 1987
- 451Book100 Greatest African Americans: A Biographical EncyclopediaMolefi Kete Asante — Prometheus Books — 2002
- 452NewsJackson to get degreeJune 1, 2000
- 453NewsOperation Breadbasket Is Seeking Racial Solutions in Economic ProblemsJohn Hebers — June 2, 1969
- 454NewsRev. Jesse Jackson Chief B-CC SpeakerApril 19, 1971
- 455NewsNoah L. Robinson, 88, Father of Jesse JacksonRonald Smothers — January 31, 1997
- 457NewsOperation PUSH Clearing Debts, Leader SaysMichael Oreskes — October 7, 1987
- 461NewsDon't ask, don't tellJake Tapper — August 17, 2000
- 462NewsDukakis Defeats Jackson Handily in Wisconsin VoteE. J. Jr. Dionne — April 6, 1988
- 463NewsBehind-the-scenes role for a 'shadow senator'Richard L. Berke — March 27, 1991
- 464Rev. Jesse Jackson Arrested During Anti-Gun ProtestEmma Graves — June 24, 2006
- 465NewsChristians Join Bishop's Ban on AbortionDecember 1, 1975
- 466MagazineJesse Jackson Is Now African Royalty, Inherits Crown from Michael JacksonAugust 14, 2009
- 467NewsTesting of the President: The Counselor; Once a Nemesis, Jackson Has Become the President's Spiritual AdviserRichard L. Berke — March 6, 1998
- 468NewsJackson apologizes for 'crude' Obama remarksJuly 9, 2008
- 469NewsSharpton: Comedian's apology not enoughNovember 23, 2006
- 470Jesse Jackson backs Obama for presidentDeanna Bellandi — Associated Press — March 30, 2007
- 471NewsOperation PUSH documents financial ties with Jackson loverCNN — February 1, 2001
- 472Jesse JacksonTracy Grant — February 17, 2026
- 473Jesse JacksonThe History Channel — February 17, 2026
- 474Jackson and White, p. 33.
- 475NewsJackson is seen as winning a solid place in historyR. W. Apple Jr. — April 29, 1988
- 476Keep Hope Alive. Jesse Jackson, pp. 234–235.
- 477NewsJesse Jackson: Obama needs to bring more attention to Jena 6September 19, 2007
- 479NewsMother wants Jesse Jackson to 'be a father' to illegitimate childCNN.com — August 16, 2001
- 481MagazineRev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Receives Master's Degree From Chicago Theological SeminaryJune 19, 2000
- 482BookBlack Maverick: T.R.M. Howard's Fight for Civil Rights and Economic PowerDavid T. Beito et al. — University of Illinois Press — 2009
- 483Jesse Jackson2003
- 484NewsClinton To Award Medal of FreedomDeb Riechmann — Associated Press — August 3, 2000
- 485News7 Students Charged in a Brawl That Divides Decatur, IllDirk Johnson — November 10, 1999
- 487BookThe politics of truth : inside the lies that put the White House on trial and betrayed my wife's CIA identity : a diplomat's memoirJoseph Wilson — Carroll & Graf Publishers — 2005
- 488MagazinePride and PrejudiceEvan Thomas — May 7, 1984
- 489NewsPoll: Jackson, Rice Are Tops Among BlacksWill Lester — Associated Press — February 15, 2006
- 490NewsJackson Quits Post at S.C.L.C. In Policy Split With AbernathySeth G. King — December 12, 1971
- 491NewsProsecutors drop charges in Duke caseAaron Beard — Associated Press — April 11, 2007
- 492MagazineBlack Expo in ChicagoOctober 11, 1971
- 493MagazineRaces: Jackson PUSHes OnJanuary 3, 1972
- 494NewsUniversity says Jackson records show no blemishDecember 31, 1987
- 495Jackson regrets vulgar Obama commentMichael Calderone — July 10, 2008
- 496NewsJesse Jackson reunites with hostage he rescued 19 years agoDon Terry — Frost Inc. — April 15, 2009
- 497Reprint of a Washington Post article from 1988May 21, 1988
- 498NewsBlack leaders: End N-word in entertainmentNovember 27, 2006
- 499NewsJackson's Half-brother Probed In Killing Of Former EmployeeGibson, Ray et al. — October 4, 1987
- 500NewsTerri Schiavo's mom pleads: 'Give my child back'CNN — March 30, 2005
- 501Jackson retreatsAnthony York — January 19, 2001
- 502MagazineIn Search of a Black StrategyDecember 20, 1971
- 503BookShakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse JacksonKenneth R. Timmerman — Regnery — 2002
- 504MagazineNation: Turmoil in ShantytownJune 7, 1968
- 505NewsIs Obama the End of Black Politics?Matt Bai — August 6, 2008
- 506NewsJackson to Run For Lobby Post In WashingtonRobin Toner — July 6, 1990
- 507MagazineTrying to Win the PeaceEvan Thomas — July 2, 1984
- 508NewsJesse Jackson's 'Hymietown' Remark – 1984Larry J. Sabato's Feeding Frenzy — July 21, 1998
- 510MagazineWooing the Black VoteJanuary 30, 1978
- 512The man who would be King in the Sports ArenaHarry Edwards — February 28, 2002
- 513Jesse Jackson Breaks Down In Tears After Obama WinWorld Television Studios — November 5, 2008
- 514BookThe End of the LineK. Dudley — University of Chicago Press — 1994
- 515BookA More Perfect Union: Advancing New American RightsJackson, Jesse L. Jr. et al. — Welcome Rain Publishers — 2001