Jesse Jackson
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Died
- February 17, 2026 (84 years old)
- Place of birth
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Biography
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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Known for
Filmography
- —Dear Mister PresidentDear Mister PresidentFilm · Self
- 2023South to Black PowerFilm · Self
- 2022LoudmouthFilm · Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
- 2022El otro Rey de ChicagoFilm · Self
- 2021Punch 9 for Harold WashingtonFilm
- 2021Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me OverFilm · Self
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Film · Self★ 7.6
- 2021September First, Twenty-TwentyFilm · Himself
- 2021Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel StoryFilm · Self
- 2021Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame StreetFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 7.4
- 2021Killing Martin Luther King Jr.Film · Self
- 2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracyFilm · Self (archive footage)★ 6.8
- 2020Bernie BlackoutFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2020Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman StoryFilm · Self
- 2020Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway StorySomeday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway StoryFilm · Self
- 2019Stax, le label soul légendaireFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2019Chicago at the CrossroadFilm · Self
- 2018The Road to Mass IncarcerationFilm · Self
- 2018Rise Up: The Movement that Changed AmericaFilm · Self
- 2018I Am MLK Jr.Film · Self
- 2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaHope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaFilm · Self
- 2017LA 92Film · Self (archive footage)★ 7.8
- 2016'85: The Greatest Team in Football HistoryFilm · Self
- 2016Crashing the PartyFilm · Self
- 2016Fantastic LiesFilm · Himself (archive footage)★ 7.2
- 2014We Are ManyFilm · Self
- 2013Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicFilm · Self★ 7.1
- 2012MLK: The Assassination TapesFilm · Self (archive Footage)
- 2011A Man's StoryFilm · Self
- 2009Joan Baez: How Sweet the SoundFilm · Self
- 2009Joy Behar: Say Anything!Series
- 2009Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and RebelFilm · Self
- 2009Michael Jackson MemorialFilm · Self
- 2009The Nine Lives of Marion BarryFilm · Self
- 2009Anecdotes about FidelFilm
- 2008The Day the Troubles BeganThe Day the Troubles BeganFilm · Self
- 2008BallouBallouFilm · Himself
- 2007King: Man of Peace in a Time of WarFilm · Self
- 2005The Situation Room with Wolf BlitzerSeries
- 2002Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part HarmonyFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 2002BaadAsssss CinemaFilm · Self★ 6.0
- 2001Last Party 2000Film · Self
- 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialFilm · (archive footage)
- 1999The Subtext of a Yale EducationFilm · Self
- 1999University, Inc.Film · Self (Archive Footage)
- 19974 Little GirlsFilm · Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition★ 7.1
- 1997Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the GloryFilm
- 1996The Journey of the African-American AthleteFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1995Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries · Cocky Locky (voice)
- 1994BaseballSeries · Various (voice)★ 7.5
- 1994The Soul of StaxFilm · Self
- 1993Crusade: The Life of Billy GrahamFilm · Self
- 1992America's Political Parties: Power and PrincipleFilm · Self
- 1989DecadeFilm · Self
- 1989Route One/USAFilm · Self
- 1988Jackie Robinson: An American JourneyJackie Robinson: An American JourneyFilm · On Screen Narrator
- 1986In Remembrance of MartinFilm · Self
- 1983Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a ControversyAmos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a ControversyFilm · Self
- 1982Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset StripFilm · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)★ 7.4
- 1980A Decade of StruggleFilm · Self
- 1980A Matter of RespectFilm
- 1973Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2Film · Self/Cameo (archive footage)
- 1973Save the ChildrenFilm · Self
- 1973WattstaxFilm · Self★ 6.8
- 1972Nationtime: GaryFilm · Self
- 1971We Are UniversalWe Are UniversalFilm
- 1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1969Operation BreadbasketFilm · Self
- 1968UptightFilm · Self (archive footage)
- 1963World in ActionSeries
