Jesse Jackson profile
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Jesse Jackson

8th October 1941 Greenville, South Carolina, USA Acting

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'.

63 Movies 21 TV Shows 84 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

LA 92 poster
LA 92 28th April 2017 as Self (archive footage)
Ballou poster
Ballou 11th September 2008 as Himself
4 Little Girls poster
4 Little Girls 9th July 1997 as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Uptight poster
Uptight 28th December 1968 as Self (archive footage)
Obama poster
Obama 27th November 2020 as Self
Explained poster
Explained 23rd May 2018 as Self (archive footage)
Robins poster
Robins 23rd August 2006 as Self - Guest
Baseball poster
Baseball 18th September 1994 as Various (voice)
Tanner '88 poster
Tanner '88 15th February 1988 as Himself (uncredited)