During the service, several individuals and teams were honored for embodying Dr. King’s values in meaningful ways.

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace ...

In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. CBS News Chicago spoke with him 50 years later about his memories ...

A close associate of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis, he was involved in many of the key moments of the Black freedom ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a pivotal civil rights leader who fought alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and ran for president, has died at 84.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd looks at how the different ideas and tactics of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Rev. Jesse Jackson impacted the direction of the Civil Rights Movement. Peniel Joseph, ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and this ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights champion, is dead. He was 84. The two men had worked together since 1965, when they met in Selma, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Back in February 2010, the radio show State of the Re:Union, created by Al Letson, ...

It was the summer of 1966. I completed my first year at Bethany Theological Seminary in affluent Oak Brook, Illinois. My home for the summer was in a Black inner-city neighborhood on the West Side of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People in the metro area are mourning the death of civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson. His family says he died at the age of 84.

Martin Luther King III, the son of civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., on Tuesday urged the public to “keep hope alive,” echoing the words of the Rev. Jesse Jackson hours after his ...