Dr. Siyabulela Mandela, Great-Grandson of Nelson Mandela, Headlines Event Celebrating Black Excellence and Addressing ...

Leon County Commissioner Bill Proctor is coordinating a memorial service for the Rev. Jesse Jackson from 6-8 p.m. March 5 at Bethel Baptist Church.

I am somebody! I may be poor, but I am somebody. I may be young, but I am somebody. I may be on welfare, but I am somebody.” ...

Flags were lowered to half-staff this morning in South Carolina, where civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in repose at the state capitol.

This strong academic education also enabled King to hone the breathtaking, riveting speeches that mesmerized the country and the world and positively changed history for so many citizens.

Groups agreed that the school needs improvements, though its re-build has caused considerable concern among some alumni over preserving the school's history in its gentrifying neighborhood.

That evening at 8 p.m., Mauss performs TRIPS: Third Dose, a live installment of his psychedelic comedy series, at Humanist Hall (separate ticket). His new comedy special, TRIPS: First Dose, filmed at ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is returning to South Carolina for a final public farewell. Jackson will lie in state at the Capitol in Columbia on Monday. The tribute contrasts with his childhood in ...

After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in ...

After South Carolina, Jackson will be returned to Chicago for a large celebration of life gathering at a megachurch and the ...

Mourners circled the Statehouse on Monday to honor the Rev. Jesse Jackson and say “thank you” to a civil rights icon whose activism for equality began in the Palmetto State.