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Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

84

Movies

63

TV

22

Born
October 8, 1941 – February 17, 2026
From
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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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'.

Works

63 films

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

20217.6

We Are Many

We Are Many

20146.7

Nationtime: Gary

Nationtime: Gary

19728.0

Uptight

Uptight

19686.8

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

20137.1

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

20217.4

Operation Breadbasket

Operation Breadbasket

1969

Fantastic Lies

Fantastic Lies

20167.3

University, Inc.

University, Inc.

19998.0

LA 92

LA 92

20177.7

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

20216.8

Michael Jackson Memorial

Michael Jackson Memorial

20098.0

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

20127.4

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

20096.0

I Am MLK Jr.

I Am MLK Jr.

20188.8

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

20116.9

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

20216.5

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

199610.0

Wattstax

Wattstax

19736.7

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

19707.3

Route One/USA

Route One/USA

19897.4

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

20168.2

Last Party 2000

Last Party 2000

20016.8

Anecdotes about Fidel

Anecdotes about Fidel

2009

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

19739.0

Save the Children

Save the Children

19736.5

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

19937.0

BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

20026.0

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

19977.1

The Day the Troubles Began

The Day the Troubles Began

2008

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

20078.5

The Road to Mass Incarceration

The Road to Mass Incarceration

2018

America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

1992

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

199710.0

In Remembrance of Martin

In Remembrance of Martin

19868.0

The Subtext of a Yale Education

The Subtext of a Yale Education

1999

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

19827.4

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

20096.7

Crashing the Party

Crashing the Party

2016

A Matter of Respect

A Matter of Respect

1980

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018

We Are Universal

We Are Universal

1971

Decade

Decade

19898.5

September First, Twenty-Twenty

September First, Twenty-Twenty

20219.0

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

20026.5

Chicago at the Crossroad

Chicago at the Crossroad

20194.0

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

2021

Bernie Blackout

Bernie Blackout

20207.0

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

2018

Loudmouth

Loudmouth

20226.0

Ballou

Ballou

20088.0

Dear Mister President

Dear Mister President

2026

A Decade of Struggle

A Decade of Struggle

1980

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

19887.0

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

19837.0

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

2021

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

20095.6

El otro Rey de Chicago

El otro Rey de Chicago

2022

South to Black Power

South to Black Power

20233.5

The Soul of Stax

The Soul of Stax

1994

Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

2020

Stax, le label soul légendaire

Stax, le label soul légendaire

2019