Jesse Jackson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Place of birth
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- February 17, 2026
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'.
Movies with Jesse Jackson
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021 · ★ 7.6
- LA 92 2017 · ★ 7.8
- Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 1982 · ★ 7.4
- Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021 · ★ 6.8
- Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013 · ★ 7.1
- 4 Little Girls 1997 · ★ 7.1
- BaadAsssss Cinema 2002 · ★ 6.0
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021 · ★ 7.4
- Fantastic Lies 2016 · ★ 7.2
- Wattstax 1973 · ★ 6.8
- Uptight 1968 · ★ 6.8
- Michael Jackson Memorial 2009 · ★ 8.0
- Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special 1999 · ★ 6.9
- We Are Many 2014 · ★ 6.7
- Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel 2009 · ★ 6.0
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970 · ★ 7.4
- Route One/USA 1989 · ★ 7.4
- Last Party 2000 2001 · ★ 6.8
- Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound 2009 · ★ 6.7
- Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony 2002 · ★ 6.5
- A Man's Story 2011 · ★ 6.9
- '85: The Greatest Team in Football History 2016 · ★ 8.2
- Save the Children 1973 · ★ 6.6
- MLK: The Assassination Tapes 2012 · ★ 7.4
- Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham 1993 · ★ 7.2
- The Nine Lives of Marion Barry 2009 · ★ 5.6
- I Am MLK Jr. 2018 · ★ 8.8
- Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over 2021 · ★ 6.5
- Chicago at the Crossroad 2019 · ★ 4.0
- King: Man of Peace in a Time of War 2007 · ★ 8.5
- Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory 1997 · ★ 10.0
- Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy 1983 · ★ 7.0
- Loudmouth 2022 · ★ 6.0
- South to Black Power 2023 · ★ 3.5
- In Remembrance of Martin 1986 · ★ 8.0
- Decade 1989 · ★ 8.5
- Nationtime: Gary 1972 · ★ 8.0
- Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 1973 · ★ 9.0
- University, Inc. 1999 · ★ 8.0
- Ballou 2008 · ★ 8.0