A Los Angeles firefighter has testified that the ground was still smoldering from a brush fire days before a massive wildfire ...

One thousand five hundred and forty students at the University of Maine at Presque Isle have received academic recognition for the fall 2025 semester, according to Alana Margeson, provost and vice ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Memorial services honoring the life of the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be expanded beyond Chicago with events in Washington, D.C., and South Carolina, the late civil rights leader’s ...

Despite the fact that the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s pivotal civil rights work happened before or just as Black millennials were growing up, many from the generation spoke about the lasting impact he had on ...

U.S. President Donald Trump marked the 100th anniversary of Black History Month at the White House on Wednesday (February 18), opening the event with remarks praising civil rights leader Jesse Jackson ...

The Mincing Rascals this week are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, long-time Chicago journalist Cate Plys, publisher of Roseland, Chicago: 1972, and political ...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died Tuesday at age 84, helped push for widespread usage of the term “African American” as a way to reclaim cultural identity. The protege of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s journey from the segregated South to the global stage has forever changed the course of American history. In this special edition of The Isiah Factor: Uncensored, panelists pay ...

ARLINGTON, Tenn. (WMC) - The National Park Service is asking Memphians to weigh in on a dark time in American history - working to uncover new information about lynching sites in Shelby and Haywood ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. was a civil rights icon whose presidential campaigns paved the way for America’s first Black president. He was also a longtime supporter and a beloved alumnus of North Carolina ...