Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Richard Riley, left, and Rev. Jesse Jackson campaigning in support of Jimmy Carter for President in 1980. (File ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the civil rights titan and two-time presidential candidate who rose from the Jim Crow era to the heights of American political influence, will return to his native South ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) — Memorial services for Reverend Jesse Jackson began Monday morning in South Carolina to honor the Greenville native and civil rights leader. Hundreds of people were expected to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson Sr. was honored Monday in the state where he grew up under segregation with a hero's memorial, his flag-draped casket under the Capitol's ...

COLUMBIA — The line outside to view the flag-draped casket of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson snaked through the Statehouse grounds as thousands flocked to the capital city to honor the proud South ...

After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday. The final full honors from ...

COLUMBIA — A Columbia funeral home has released details for the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s lying-in-state ceremony, which is slated for the S.C. Statehouse on Monday, March 2. Jackson, a national Civil ...

Civil rights icon and Greenville native Rev. Jesse Jackson left behind a historic legacy when he passed away earlier this month. Mentioned as a “protégé” of Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson worked his ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson lay in honor at the South Carolina State House, attracting hundreds to gather and pay their respects. People from across the Carolinas and beyond waited in line to see the ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday. The ...