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Mr. Jackson was critical to Martin Luther King Jr.’s quest to transform a fight for equality in the South to a national movement for economic and social justice. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., ...

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The Masonic lodge that served as the home base for Dr. King’s activism will soon be open to visitors. It had long been considered endangered. Credit...Alyssa Pointer for The New York Times Supported ...

Jackson began his activism in 1960 with a "read-in" protest at a segregated library in his hometown. He worked alongside Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and led Operation Breadbasket to fight ...

With passion, purpose, and veteran leadership, Coach Sherrod is ready to elevate the Maroon Tigers and build on Morehouse’s ...

Presidents Day, officially known as Washington's Birthday, is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of February Government offices, banks, post offices, and the stock market will be closed in ...

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Eugene Robinson is a former Post Opinions columnist. To appreciate the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson’s place in history — to understand his role in expanding the Constitution’s promise of freedom and ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, an American civil rights leader, minister, and politician, who was a protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and in the 1980s reshaped Democratic politics with two galvanizing ...

"Welcome, freshman." First year at NYU? It's a wrap for Barron Trump. For the most part, the 19-year-old only child of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump navigated his first year at ...

In 1968, Jackson witnessed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., while standing with him on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. CBS News Chicago spoke with him 50 years later about his memories ...