Not just a civil rights giant but a hometown hero, Jackson inspired thousands of Chicagoans to line up in the cold to pay their respects. Here's what they had to say.

Jackson died last week at age 84 after battling a rare neurological disorder that affected his mobility and ability to speak in his later years.

February 26, 1983. Michael Jackson’s Thriller album goes to #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart and stays there for 37 weeks.

In 1991, when working on his rock-leaning album Dangerous, he collaborated with an unexpected and iconic guitarist, who may not have been a match made in heaven. In hindsight it worked out great for ...

As a series of memorial services begin to pay respects to Jackson, a new generation of leaders works to preserve hard-fought civil rights gains.

Michael Jackson’s “They Don’t Care About Us” debuts on the U.K.'s dance chart 20 years after his last new entry, while also launching on the main sales ranking.

"Sunday Morning" looks back on the life of the Baptist minister, civil rights leader and social justice activist, whose trailblazing presidential campaigns, built on a message of economic support and ...

Few players in NBA history have been as successful and played with so many iconic players and superstar duos as Chicago Bulls legend Horace Grant. From ...

Sometime in early 1988 I got a call. I was then Executive Producer of Appalshop Films, part of a multi-media Appalachian cultural center here in Whitesburg, Kentucky. On the other end of the line was ...

Dee Davis remembers the electricity and volume of Jesse Jackson speaking to a crowd of Appalachians in a school gym in Hazard, Kentucky, in 1968.

Summary: Our 24/7 Wall St. Analyst Doug McIntyre has some serious questions about why Alphabet recently issued a 100-year ...

I interacted with him, on and off, for 30 years. He was brilliant, at times electrifying, and at times confounding.