Birthday
1941-10-08Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USABiography
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".Free Trial Channels
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Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
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as Self
2021
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2009
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as Self
2009
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2002
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as Self (archive footage)
2002
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
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as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1982