Jackson finished second in the Democratic primary to Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, who would go on to lose the 1988 presidential election to George H.W. Bush. But Jackson’s strong results ...
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How Jesse Jackson Transformed American Politics

In the face of Reagan’s right-wing presidency, he offered a vision, strategy, and agenda that would have led Democrats and the country in a very different direction.
(CNN) — Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., a civil rights leader and political outsider, ran for president in two groundbreaking campaigns that changed American politics. A son of the segregated South who went ...
Abby Phillip’s goal in writing the Jackson book “was to make sure that this chapter didn’t get lost to history.” ...
Jesse Jackson criticized Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday over his reaction to the arrest of six black juveniles in Jena, Louisiana, on murder charges, accusing the Illinois ...
The 84-year-old civil rights leader was hospitalized in Chicago due to symptoms from the neurodegenerative condition ...
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is in the hospital with a rare neurological disorder. Jackson's Chicago-based civil rights ...
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition announced that civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized on Wednesday over a rare brain disorder that he had been diagnosed with. Per ABC7 Chicago, sources ...