- Daily Praise

Today Praise 94.5 would like to wish a very happy birthday to Rev Jesse Jackson!! Controversial mediator, Baptist minister, civil rights activist, presidential candidate: Jesse Jackson assumed these roles and more during a long career that stemmed from a humble start in Greenville, South Carolina in 1941, and included crucible years as a protégé of […]

- Local News

    via Wkyc: The Rev. Jesse Jackson will be in Toledo on Tuesday to address ongoing civil rights complaints at the GM Powertrain plant. Nine workers sued GM last April, accusing the company of allowing racial harassment the last several years. In 2017, five nooses were found in the plant. An attorney for the […]

- Daily Praise

via BCNN1: A prominent figure in the modern American civil rights movement preached Sunday at a north Minneapolis church. The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and later ran for president, was the guest preacher at New Salem Missionary Baptist Church, located at 2507 Bryant Avenue N. Jackson, 76, disclosed in […]

National

via fox8cleveland: Civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson said Friday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. A neurological disorder with no cure, Parkinson’s can cause tremors, stiffness and difficulty balancing, walking and coordinating movement. “My family and I began to notice changes about three years ago,” Jackson wrote in a statement. “After […]

- Daily Praise

Civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson was on hand to celebrate the CD release of What A Legacy, a new commemorative CD featuring vintage recordings of Reverend Clay Evans and the Fellowship Baptist Church Choir of Chicago.  The disc has instantly become a fan favorite, making its home into the top ten of the Billboard […]

News One Exclusives

homegoing service was attended by legendary members of the Black press like Les Payne and Ed Gordon. Kemba Smith — who was profiled nationally by Curry in Emerge magazine — and Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., spoke during the services, honoring the life of Curry.

Longtime journalist and champion of the Black press, George Curry, passed away on Saturday of a heart attack in Maryland at the age of 69.

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Roland Martin and a select panel of guests discussed the home-going service and the celebration of Ali.

News One Exclusives

In 1988, Rev. Jesse Jackson ran for the Democratic presidential nomination, but Governor Michael Dukakis ultimately won the spot. Jackson mesmerized and galvanized many voters during the ’88 campaign, just as Sen. Bernie Sanders has done in 2016. Rev. Jackson understood that in order to increase his leverage and have an impact on the Democratic Party going […]

News One Exclusives

Roland Martin and NewsOne Now preview the commemoration of the Million Man March and the Justice or Else rally in Washington D.C.

News One Exclusives

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now via phone to discuss the Emanuel AME massacre that claimed the lives of nine worshipers.…

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It has ben 32 years since Chicago had a mayor of African decent. Harold Washington was elected in 1983 and passed away while in office…