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Jesse Jackson
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Died
- February 17, 2026
- From
- Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Also known as
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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'.
Known for
Filmography
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06 
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
Film 07 Acting
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
Film 08 Acting (Self)
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Series 09 Acting (Self) 3 EP
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Film 10 Acting (Self)
September First, Twenty-Twenty
Film 11 Acting (Himself)
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Film 12 Acting (Self)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Film 13 Acting (Self (archive footage))
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Film 14 Acting (Self)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Film Acting (Self (archive footage))
2020
2019
2018
21 
Shut Up and Dribble
Series 22 Acting (Self - Civil Rights Leader) 1 EP
The Road to Mass Incarceration
Film 23 Acting (Self)
Explained
Series 24 Acting (Self (archive footage)) 1 EP
I Am MLK Jr.
Film 25 Acting (Self)
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
Film 26 Acting (Self)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Film Acting (Self)
