A riotous Broadway play inspired by Jesse Jackson’s family scandal
Broadway’s “Purpose,” by Tony-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, tackles the legacy of the civil rights movement ...
How Jesse Jackson embodied Southern politics − and changed American elections
A civil rights activist who ran for president twice and became a Democratic power broker, Jackson is an American political ...
‘Bloody Sunday’ 60th anniversary marked in Selma with remembrances and concerns about the future
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...
Opinion
In Selma, one man’s hope, audacity and our stubborn, despicable past.
Over the years, our country’s tragedies and triumphs have been written in Jesse Jackson’s determined brow, silent tears and his greying head bowed in prayer.
‘Purpose’ Review: Dinner With the Black Political Elite
The older son, named for his father, is the more obviously wayward. Raised to uphold Solomon’s political legacy, Junior ...
Jazz and 400+ archival artifacts tell the story of the Asian American fight for rights
At the Asian Arts Initiative's 'Crescendo,' music meets art meets archives that have never been digitized before.