Jo Ann Bland, Child Activist in Civil Rights Struggle, Dies at 72

At 11, she was one of the youngest at the 1965 “Bloody Sunday” voting rights march in Selma, Ala., and was injured while ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who led the Civil Rights Movement for decades after King, has died at 84

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

Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader who ran for president, dies at age 84

The Rev. Jesse Jackson marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., ran for president in the 1980s and led the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition in Chicago for decades.
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Jesse Jackson Witnessed Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination. Here’s How He Carried the Torch for the Civil Rights Movement Into the Future

Jackson would go on to become an American civil and human rights icon; an influential politician and presidential candidate; ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson's children speak on death of civil rights icon; services set for next week

Five of the Rev. Jesse Jackson's six children appeared together Wednesday morning to talk about the love they have for their ...

Friends and family say Chicago embraced and nurtured civil rights icon Jesse Jackson from the start

We were never alone,” his daughter Santita Jackson said. The community surrounded the young leader in every way, helping him and his family thrive.
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Through Rosa Parks, Condra Ridley keeps civil rights history alive

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — For more than a quarter century, Condra Ridley has brought history to life sometimes with a paper bus, often with a song, and always with a message of unity. Since 1999, ...