Rev. Jesse Jackson

NEWARK — Rev. Jesse Jackson said he will be in attendance at Whitney ... Marvin Winans, pastor of Perfecting Faith Church in Detroit, will deliver the eulogy and Pastor Joe A. Carter of New Hope is officiating. Winans, a gospel legend with ...  

He's played a major role in the civil rights movement and now the Reverend Jesse Jackson is looking to inspire others to get involved. Jackson made the first of two appearances in our area Monday. The Reverend Jesse Jackson told the crowd at the Zoellner Arts Center on the Lehigh University campus that everyone must fight for equality. Jackson talked to the crowd about his struggles during the civil rights movement and then asked them...  

The Rev. Jesse Jackson made his second stop in the Lehigh Valley on Tuesday. The civil rights activist spoke before a sold-out crowd at Moravian College's Johnston Hall in Bethlehem. The program was titled "A Conversation with Jesse Jackson." The discussion focused on poverty and inequality. One question prompted Jackson to discuss his view on the Occupy movement. "Occupy is not about a place, as a camp," said Jackson. "It is a space. It...  

America isn't so far from the Battle of Gettysburg and there are still plenty of civil rights for today's youth to fight for, according to the Rev. Jesse Jackson ... on to work with Martin Luther King Jr., wage two campaigns for president ...  

NEWARK — The Rev. Jesse Jackson, making a surprise appearance today at a Sunday service in the church attended for many years by Whitney Houston and her family, said the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark has a history of achievement that has ...  

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who's frequently protesting about something, might soon be protesting the Grammys. Neil Portnow, president and CEO of The Recording Academy, received a letter from the minister and activist last week expressing extreme disapproval of the Academy's decision last April to trim down its awards category list from 109 to just 78; among those eliminated were several categories that have historically drawn the most racially and...  

CALUMET CITY | One of the perks of being the son of famed civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson is having the chance to meet every U.S. president since Richard Nixon. U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-Ill., offered his impression of those men at a ...  

Tickets are available Tuesday to hear the Rev. Jesse Jackson's speech Monday at Lehigh University. Jackon will speak about leadership and co-education at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at Lehigh's Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Drive in Bethlehem. "A Conversation with Rev. Jesse Jackson" is part of a two-day visit by the civil rights leader to the Lehigh Valley that also includes an appearance at Moravian College at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 14...  

WBEZ's Jim DeRogatis and Eight Forty-Eight's Tony Sarabia discussed the legacy of Soul Train's Don Cornelius who was found dead this morning at his home in Los Angeles. Cornelius launched the music and dance program in Chicago in 1970. And, Rev. Jesse Jackson joined Sarabia and DeRogatis to discuss his dismay over the Grammy Awards' decision to drop categories from the nominations list. Rev. Jackson said both the Grammy and Academy Awards...  

In all the attack ads Florida voters saw before the Florida primary, not a single one attacked the plight of poor Americans, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said in Orlando on Wednesday. "'One person, one vote' is being undermined by the minions and the ...  

The Rev. Jesse Jackson is furious with the Grammys and the Recording Academy after a third of the awards categories were cut in a way many perceive to be ethnically discriminatory. Now he's hinting that he might protest. [SPIN] A new study says ...  

The civil rights activist is calling for a meeting with the Recording Academy over its 2011 decision to cut the kudos from 109 to 78 awards. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is entering the fray over The Recording Academy's cuts to its Grammy categories: He's asking ...  

(Reuters) - Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Friday urged Grammy organizers to reinstate 31 ethnic and minority musical categories that have been cut from the music industry's top awards. In a letter to Recording Academy president ...  

CHICAGO (AP) — The Rev. Jesse Jackson and his son, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., say Don Cornelius took part of their souls with him when he died. Cornelius was a Chicago native who started the hit show "Soul Train." He died Wednesday of a ...  

Jesse Jackson Says Gov. Brewer ‘Gave President Obama the Finger’ By Mike Bates Created 01/28/2012 - 9:37pm It was a routine Saturday morning at Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow PUSH forum, broadcast nationally on the Word Network. He was all over the map. Jackson trashed Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater, Newt Gingrich, and Mitt Romney. He warned that enterprises such as black funeral homes and black insurance companies are “under attack.” He...