Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Martin Luther King Jr., center lower right, and supporters pause during a fair housing march through Marquette Park in 1966. King later said he had never seen "mobs as hostile and as hate-filled as I've seen here in Chicago."

Jesse Jackson op-ed: In 1966 Chicago, MLK planted seeds that are still thriving

May 11, 2019 at 3:31 a.m.

A reporter asked me the other day if I had been tempted to fight back — to pick up one of the hundreds of rocks and bottles the white mob...

REAGAN AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

August 9, 2021 at 5:19 a.m.

Twenty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson spoke at Howard University and said, ''We shall overcome.'' Twenty years later, the civil rights policies of President Ronald Reagan are saying, ''We shall...

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