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Jesse Jackson

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Date of birth
Oct 8, 1941
Date of death
Feb 17, 2026(aged 84)
Place of birth
Homepage:
https://www.rainbowpush.org/

Jesse Jackson

Biography of Jesse Jackson:

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'.

Jesse Jackson has acted in:

South to Black Power(2023) ... as Self
Loudmouth(2022) ... as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
El otro Rey de Chicago(2022) ... as Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington(2021)
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over(2021) ... as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)(2021) ... as Self
September First, Twenty-Twenty(2021) ... as Himself
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story(2021) ... as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street(2021) ... as Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.(2021) ... as Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy(2021) ... as Self (archive footage)
Bernie Blackout(2020) ... as Self (archive footage)
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story(2020) ... as Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire(2019) ... as Self (archive footage)
Chicago at the Crossroad(2019) ... as Self
The Road to Mass Incarceration(2018) ... as Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America(2018) ... as Self
I Am MLK Jr.(2018) ... as Self
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media(2018) ... as Self
LA 92(2017) ... as Self (archive footage)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History(2016) ... as Self
Crashing the Party(2016) ... as Self
Fantastic Lies(2016) ... as Himself (archive footage)
We Are Many(2014) ... as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic(2013) ... as Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes(2012) ... as Self (archive footage)
A Man's Story(2011) ... as Self
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound(2009) ... as Self
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel(2009) ... as Self
Michael Jackson Memorial(2009) ... as Self
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry(2009) ... as Self
Anecdotes about Fidel(2009)
The Day the Troubles Began(2008) ... as Self
Ballou(2008) ... as Himself
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War(2007) ... as Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony(2002) ... as Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema(2002) ... as Self
Last Party 2000(2001) ... as Self
The Subtext of a Yale Education(1999) ... as Self
University, Inc.(1999) ... as Self (archive footage)
4 Little Girls(1997) ... as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory(1997)
The Journey of the African-American Athlete(1996) ... as Self (archive footage)
The Soul of Stax(1994) ... as Self
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham(1993) ... as Self
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle(1992) ... as Self
Decade(1989) ... as Self
Route One/USA(1989) ... as Self
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey(1988) ... as On Screen Narrator
In Remembrance of Martin(1986) ... as Self
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy(1983) ... as Self
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip(1982) ... as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
A Decade of Struggle(1980) ... as Self
A Matter of Respect(1980)
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2(1973) ... as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Save the Children(1973) ... as Self
Wattstax(1973) ... as Self
Nationtime: Gary(1972) ... as Self
We Are Universal(1971)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis(1970) ... as Self (archive footage)
Operation Breadbasket(1969) ... as Self
Uptight(1968) ... as Self (archive footage)
Dear Mister President ... as Self

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