Rev. Jesse Jackson is a towering figure in the Civil Rights Movement, but his political legacy is less often remembered. The ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a civil rights leader and political outsider, ran for president in two groundbreaking campaigns that ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to CNN's Abby Phillip about her new book on the rise of Black politician and activist Jesse Jackson. It's called "A Dream Deferred." ...

CNN anchor and journalist Abby Phillip details Jackson’s historic campaigns and political rise in a new book, “A Dream ...

A Jesse Jackson docuseries from filmmaker Prentice Penny, featuring the Reverend's daughter Ashley, is in the works, we can ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. wants to regain his 2nd Congressional District seat. He’s got a brutally long way to go.

CNN’s Abby Phillip joins Jake Tapper to discuss her new book “A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black ...

The image speaks less about our proclivities toward punishment than about the struggle for political rights. Jackson wasn’t ...

In her new book, "A Dream Deferred," CNN anchor Abby Phillip chronicles Jackson’s presidential campaigns in 1984 and 1988 to ...

Former Illinois Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. announced a comeback bid Wednesday, entering the Democratic primary for the 2nd District.

In a video, Jackson Jr. says he chose the date to honor "a man who inspired my life to public service. A man who blessed me ...

Jackson Jr., 60, plans to announce his run for the open 2nd Congressional District seat this week, according to his spokesman ...