Jesse Jackson
Known for: Acting
Born: October 7, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA - Died: February 16, 2026
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'.
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Punch 9 for Harold Washington
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Self (archive footage)
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self
University, Inc.
Self (Archive Footage)
The Subtext of a Yale Education
Self
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Self
A Man's Story
Self
The Soul of Stax
Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire
Self (archive footage)
Chicago at the Crossroad
Self
Uptight
Self (archive footage)
Ballou
Himself
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
Self
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self
Operation Breadbasket
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Crashing the Party
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Michael Jackson Memorial
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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
Self