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Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Birthday: 1941-10-08 | Place of Birth: 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

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Loudmouth

as    Self

2022
El otro Rey de Chicago

as    Self

2021
September First, Twenty-Twenty

as    Himself

2020
Obama

as    Self

2020
Bernie Blackout

as    Self (archive footage)

2019
Stax, le label soul légendaire

as    Self (archive footage)

2018
I Am MLK Jr.

as    Self

2018
2016
Fantastic Lies

as    Himself (archive footage)

2016
Crashing the Party

as    Self

2014
We Are Many

as    Self

2013
2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes

as    Self (archive Footage)

2011
A Man's Story

as    Self

2009
Michael Jackson Memorial

as    Self

2009
2009
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema

as    Self

2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

as    Self (archive footage)

2001
Last Party 2000

as    Self

1999