WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton (all times EDT): 9:50 a.m. Democrat Tim Kaine has invited civil rights leader Jesse Jackson to be a guest at Tuesday’s vice presidential debate. Kaine has also invited former Virginia state Sen. Henry Marsh, a civil rights attorney […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Latest on memorials for boxing great Muhammad Ali (all times local): 12:15 p.m. The Muslim prayer service for Muhammad Ali is underway in Louisville, Kentucky. Thousands are attending the service. Some chanted and some held cameras and cellphones above their heads as Ali’s body was brought inside a wing of […]
Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show, live from Flint, Michigan, about the water crisis and the next steps to recovery. “They’ve been getting water from Detroit for 50 years. People were losing their hair and breaking out in rashes. They’ve covered it up, that’s why it is a crime scene. […]
Jesse Jackson outside sunrise hospital pic.twitter.com/VBFQdewDhG — Bill Oram (@billoram) October 14, 2015 We’re all still hoping to gain some insight into the current condition of Lamar Odom. After the former NBA star was found unresponsive at a Nevada brothel, friends and family have rushed to his bedside, including Reverend Jesse Jackson. After departing from the Sunrise Hospital in […]
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, has died. She was 92. The Rev. Jesse Jackson told The Associated Press his mother died Monday morning in her longtime hometown of Greenville, South Carolina. She had been in failing health for some time, he said. “She was an […]
Sincere condolences to the family and friends of Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of Rev. Jesse Jackson. She passed away at the age of 91 in…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Jesse Jackson renewed his call Wednesday for the technology industry to make workforce diversity as high a priority as product innovation. The civil rights leader spoke at a gathering of corporate executives and activists called to address Silicon Valley’s shortage of women, blacks and Hispanics in high-paying jobs. The San Francisco […]
The scandal surrounding the Jackie Robinson West little league baseball team has given way to threats of legal action from the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Yahoo! Sports reports that Jackson is calling for Little League International to return the U.S. World Series championship to the 12-year-old members of the team after the team was stripped of […]
They say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but in the case of upcoming pop artist Ashley Jackson aka “Ajae,” that couldn’t be further from the truth. The daughter of prominent civil rights activist Jesse Jackson and esteemed collegiate dean and author Karin L. Stanford Ph.D., Ajae has been preparing herself for a […]
The Black community is, in large part, coming together to speak out against the tragedy of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo. Many on social…
