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Jesse Jackson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is 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 was the founder 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 8, 1941 In Greenville, South Carolina
Movie/TV Credits:
44
First Appeared:
In the movie Uptight 1968-12-28
Latest Project:
Series Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union 2021-08-03
Known For
Poster of Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Poster of Real Time with Bill Maher
Poster of Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
Poster of A Decade of Struggle
Filmography
Movie Killing Martin Luther King Jr. Himself 2021-03-01
Movie Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Self (archive footage) 2021-04-23
Movie Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story Self 2021-05-05
Movie Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Self (archive footage) 2021-07-02
Series Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union Self 2021-08-03
Movie Uncle Tom Self (archive footage) 2020-06-19
Movie Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media Self 2018-03-24
Movie The Road to Mass Incarceration Self 2018-06-13
Movie Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America Self 2018-04-04
Movie I Am MLK Jr. Self 2018-04-04
Movie Fantastic Lies Himself (archive footage) 2016-03-13
Movie '85: The Greatest Team in Football History Self 2016-10-01
Movie We Are Many Self 2014-06-08
Movie Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Self 2013-04-23
Movie A Man's Story Self 2011-10-08
Movie The Nine Lives of Marion Barry Himself 2009-08-10
Movie Michael Jackson Memorial Self 2009-07-07
Series Joy Behar: Say Anything! Unknown 2009-09-29
Movie Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Self 2009-09-12
Movie Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Self 2009-10-14
Movie Ballou Himself 2008-09-11
Movie King: Man of Peace in a Time of War Himself 2007-01-16
Series The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer Unknown 2005-08-08
Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Unknown 2003-01-26
Series Real Time with Bill Maher Unknown 2003-02-21
Movie BaadAsssss Cinema Self 2002-08-14
Movie Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Self (archive footage) 2002-09-21
Movie Motown 40: The Music is Forever Self 1998-02-15
Movie Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory 1997-01-01
Movie 4 Little Girls Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition 1997-07-09
Series The Daily Show Unknown 1996-07-22
Movie The Soul of Stax 1994-01-01
Series Baseball Various (voice) 1994-09-18
Movie Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham Himself 1993-01-01
Movie Decade Self 1989-12-09
Series Tanner '88 1988-02-15
Movie In Remembrance of Martin Self 1986-02-08
Movie Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Self - Audience Member (uncredited) 1982-03-12
Movie A Decade of Struggle Self 1980-06-01
Series Saturday Night Live Unknown 1975-10-11
Movie Save the Children Self 1973-05-13
Movie Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 Self/Cameo (archive footage) 1973-06-02
Movie King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage) 1970-03-24
Movie Uptight Self 1968-12-28