Person Details

Birthday: 1941-10-08 11:08:05

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Greenville, South Carolina

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 40

TV Involvements: 5


Most Famous Work

Biography

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".

Most Famous Work

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
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7
Explained
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7

Explained

(2018) Self (archive footage)
Baseball
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7

Baseball

(1994) Various (voice)
Malcolm X
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8

Malcolm X

(1992) Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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8
Shut Up and Dribble
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0

Shut Up and Dribble

(2018) Self - Civil Rights Leader
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
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6
4 Little Girls
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7

4 Little Girls

(1997) Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2022 Self
2021 N/A
Self
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self (archive footage)
Himself
2020 Self (archive footage)
Self
2019 Self (archive footage)
Self
2018 Self - Civil Rights Leader
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
Himself
2016 Self
Self
Himself (archive footage)
2014 Self
2013 Self
2012 Self (archive Footage)
2011 Self
2009 Self
N/A
Self
Self
Self
2008 Himself
2007 Himself
2006 Guest
2005 N/A
2003 Self
N/A
2002 Himself (archive footage)
Self
1999 Self
Self (Archive Footage)
1997 Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
N/A
N/A
1996 Self
Self (archive footage)
1995 Cocky Locky (voice)
1994 Various (voice)
N/A
1993 Himself
1992 Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1989 Self
Self
1988 Himself (uncredited)
1986 Self
1983 Self
1982 Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1980 Self
1975 Self - Host
1973 Self/Cameo (archive footage)
Self
1972 Self
1969 Self (archive footage)
1968 Self
Self
Year Character Movie/Tv

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