Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1941-10-08
Day of Death
2026-02-17
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Jesse Jackson
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'.
Filmography (62)
⭐ 3.5
Role:
Self
South to Black Power
2023
⭐ 6.0
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Self
Loudmouth
2022
⭐ 0
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Self
El otro Rey de Chicago
2022
⭐ 0
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Unknown
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
⭐ 6.5
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Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
⭐ 7.6
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Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
⭐ 9.0
Role:
Himself
September First, Twenty-Twenty
2021
⭐ 0
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Self
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021
⭐ 7.4
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
⭐ 0
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Self
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
2021
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
⭐ 7.0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Bernie Blackout
2020No Image
⭐ 0
Role:
Self
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
2020
⭐ 0
Role:
Self (archive footage)
Stax, le label soul légendaire
2019
⭐ 4.0
Role:
Self
