Rev. Jesse Jackson talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the unrest in Baltimore, the curfew in the city and what happens next. Click the link above to hear the entire interview.
Rev. Jesse Jackson talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the injustices in Baltimore and reveals why the residents are angry in light of not only the death of Freddie Gray but also due to unemployment and a host of other issues. Click the link above to hear the entire interview.
It has ben 32 years since Chicago had a mayor of African decent. Harold Washington was elected in 1983 and passed away while in office…
For iPhone: Michael Donald was a 19-year-old Black man in Mobile, Ala. who was the victim of a brutal hate crime in 1981. Donald’s death is largely regarded as the last known lynching in America. Through efforts by civil rights leaders and the FBI, four Ku Klux Klan members were tried were tried. The […]
Liberian national, Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in the United States died on Wednesday at Texas…
Tonya Gunn, 44, was shot and killed in Chicago’s Morgan Park on Monday while attending a family gathering, reports ABC7-Chicago. RELATED: Getting To the Bottom…
Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr. steps out in defense of President Lyndon Johnson’s legacy in his weekly commentary in the Chicago Tribune: Fifty years later, former President Lyndon Johnson got the tribute he more than earned. Four presidents praised his contribution. The Great Society, the War on Poverty, Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act opened […]
04/04/14 – Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to us about the 10th Anniversary of civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plus, Tom asks the Reverend who he thinks really killed Dr. King. His answer might surprise you!
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett Packard annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon Valley’s poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board appointments and startup funding. Jackson’s strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of shaming companies […]
Jesse Jackson, Sr. has set his eyes on addressing economic inequality for black Americans. He joined Roland Martin and NewsOne New Tuesday to discuss the Rainbow…
“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson really stepped in some mess when he made comments to GQ Magazine stating he believed Black people were happier before the Civil…
