Jesse Jackson
Acting

Jesse Jackson

Born 1941-10-08 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. 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".

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Known for

Malcolm X★ 7.5Viewing moment
Malcolm X
1992
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)★ 7.7Viewing moment
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child★ 6.3Viewing moment
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
'85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History★ 8.1Viewing moment
'85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History
2016
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic★ 7.1Viewing moment
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street★ 7.1Viewing moment
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Not Necessarily the News★ 6.9Viewing moment
Not Necessarily the News
1983 · Series
4 Little Girls★ 7.3Viewing moment
4 Little Girls
1997
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip★ 7.4Viewing moment
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis★ 7.1Viewing moment
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1969
I Am MLK Jr.★ 10Viewing moment
I Am MLK Jr.
2018
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over★ 2Viewing moment
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
Fantastic Lies★ 7.3Viewing moment
Fantastic Lies
2016
A Man's Story★ 6.9Viewing moment
A Man's Story
2011
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel★ 6.2Viewing moment
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
Uptight★ 5.6Viewing moment
Uptight
1968
BaadAsssss Cinema★ 5.9Viewing moment
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
We Are Many★ 6.6Viewing moment
We Are Many
2014
Michael Jackson Memorial★ 8Viewing moment
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed AmericaViewing moment
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
Route One/USA★ 7.1Viewing moment
Route One/USA
1989
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound★ 7Viewing moment
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
The Road to Mass IncarcerationViewing moment
The Road to Mass Incarceration
2018
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union★ 5.3Viewing moment
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021 · Series
Bernie Blackout★ 7Viewing moment
Bernie Blackout
2020
Save the ChildrenViewing moment
Save the Children
1973
The Journey of the African-American AthleteViewing moment
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
The Subtext of a Yale EducationViewing moment
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
MLK: The Assassination Tapes★ 7.8Viewing moment
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham★ 6Viewing moment
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory★ 10Viewing moment
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
ObamaViewing moment
Obama
2020
NationtimeViewing moment
Nationtime
1972
Crashing the PartyViewing moment
Crashing the Party
2016
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2★ 10Viewing moment
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
University, Inc.Viewing moment
University, Inc.
1999
Decade★ 7Viewing moment
Decade
1989
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony★ 7.2Viewing moment
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
A Decade of StruggleViewing moment
A Decade of Struggle
1980
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel StoryViewing moment
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021

Frequent collaborators

Bill ClintonBill ClintonBarack ObamaBarack ObamaCornel WestCornel WestIsaac HayesIsaac HayesRonald ReaganRonald ReaganHarry BelafonteHarry BelafonteJoe BidenJoe BidenJohn LewisJohn Lewis