Paul Patterson was the first longstanding Black employee, and first Black executive, in Chicago Bears history. Jack M Silverstein explores Patterson’s journey here.

Marlin Briscoe became the first Black quarterback to start in the NFL's Super Bowl era with the Broncos in 1968.

Texas Longhorns legendary running back Chris Gilbert has died, the university announced. He was 79. A member of the College ...

Many Hoosiers have won national championships, and plenty have won multiple. Here's the list that football joined with its first national title.

Ben Espy was a role model and mentor to future Columbus mayor Michael Coleman, who introduced Espy to his future wife and ...

Civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson died at 84. Here's what we know about his legacy and the work he did in Illinois.

Jackson was a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King and became a leader of the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and twice ran for U.S. president, died ...

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A cause of death was not shared, but his family said he died peacefully while surrounded by loved ones.

CHICAGO — The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, a protege of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and two-time presidential candidate who led ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, two-time Democratic presidential candidate and Greenville native, has died at the ...