Jesse Jackson
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1941-10-08 – 2026-02-17
Place of birth: Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Biography
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (October 8, 1941 — February 17, 2026) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He founded of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. In an AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted 'the most important black leader'.
Known for
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002Self
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021Self
University, Inc.
1999Self (Archive Footage)
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999Self
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009Self
A Man's Story
2011Self
The Soul of Stax
1994Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021Self (archive footage)
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire
2019Self (archive footage)
Chicago at the Crossroad
2019Self
Uptight
1968Self (archive footage)Ballou
2008Himself
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007Self
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997