Dr. Shirley Jackson was born in 1946 and is a theoretical physicist. She is the first woman and the first African American to be the President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

"Rev. Jackson participated in several weeks of intensive physical, occupational and speech therapy at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab," said attending physician Dr. Leslie Rydber.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was recently discharged from the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab rehab center. The 80-year-old civil rights leader went back home Sept. 15 after spending several weeks at the ...

Jackson, who is a well-known civil rights leader, ran for the Democratic nomination in 1984 and then again in 1988. Neither Jackson nor Chisholm succeeded in securing the party nod, but speakers ...