Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
08 Oct, 1941 (83 years old)
Jesse Jackson
Biography
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".
Known For
Acting
2023
South to Black Power
2022
Loudmouth
2021
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2020
Uncle Tom
2019
Chicago at the Crossroad
2016
'85: The Greatest Team in Pro Football History
2014
We Are Many
2013
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2011
A Man's Story
2009
Michael Jackson Memorial
1997
4 Little Girls
1982
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1973
Save the Children
1972
Nationtime
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1968
Uptight