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".
Known For
| Homepage | https://www.rainbowpush.org/ |
|---|---|
| Birth Location | Greenville, South Carolina, USA |
| Born | 1941-10-08 |
Movies
Loudmouth
as Self
2022
El otro Rey de Chicago
as Jesse Jackson
2022
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self (archive footage)
2021
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
as Himself
2021
Uncle Tom
as Self (archive footage)
2020
2020
Stax, le label soul légendaire
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Chicago at the Crossroad
as Self
2019
The Road to Mass Incarceration
as Self
2018
I Am MLK Jr.
as Self
2018
2018
2018
2016
Crashing the Party
as Self
2016
Fantastic Lies
as Himself (archive footage)
2016
We Are Many
as Self
2014
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
2013
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
as Self (archive Footage)
2012
A Man's Story
as Self
2011
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
as Self
2009
Michael Jackson Memorial
as Self
2009
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
as Self
2009
2009
Ballou
as Himself
2008
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Himself
2007
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self (archive footage)
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
The Subtext of a Yale Education
as Self
1999
University, Inc.
as Self (Archive Footage)
1999
4 Little Girls
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
1997
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Self (archive footage)
1996
1994
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
as Himself
1993
Decade
as Self
1989
Route One/USA
as Self
1989
In Remembrance of Martin
as Self
1986
1983
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1982
A Decade of Struggle
as Self
1980
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1973
Save the Children
as Self
1973
Nationtime
as Self
1972
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Uptight
as Self
1968
Operation Breadbasket
as Self
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Jesse Jackson hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
