Jesse Jackson
Oct 08, 1941 (83 years old) in Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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
A Different World
Himself
Dinah!
Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Cocky Locky (voice)
Explained
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
Baseball
Various (voice)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Credits
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South to Black Power 2023Self★ 6 -
Loudmouth 2022Self★ 6 -
Self★ NR -
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Self★ 6.5 -
Self★ 5.8 -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.6 -
Himself★ 9 -
Self★ NR -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.4 -
Self★ NR -
Self (archive footage)★ 6.8 -
Uncle Tom 2020Self (archive footage)★ 7.8 -
Bernie Blackout 2020Self (archive footage)★ 7 -
Self★ NR -
Self (archive footage)★ NR -
Self★ 1 -
Shut Up and Dribble 2018Self - Civil Rights Leader★ 1 -
Self★ NR -
Explained 2018Self (archive footage)★ 7.5 -
Self★ NR -
I Am MLK Jr. 2018Self★ 9.5 -
Self★ NR
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Self★ 8.2 -
Crashing the Party 2016Self★ NR -
Fantastic Lies 2016Himself (archive footage)★ 7.2 -
We Are Many 2014Self★ 6.7 -
Self★ 7.1 -
Self (archive Footage)★ 7.4 -
A Man's Story 2011Self★ 6.9 -
Self★ 6.8 -
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Self★ 6.3 -
Self★ 8 -
Self★ 5.6 -
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Ballou 2008Himself★ 8
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Self★ 8.5 -
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Self (archive footage)★ 6.4 -
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002Self★ 6.1 -
Last Party 2000 2001Self★ 6.1 -
Self★ NR -
University, Inc. 1999Self (Archive Footage)★ NR -
4 Little Girls 1997Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition★ 7.3 -
The Chris Rock Show 1997★ 4.4 -
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Self (archive footage)★ 10 -
Cocky Locky (voice)★ 6 -
Baseball 1994Various (voice)★ 7.4 -
The Soul of Stax 1994Self★ NR -
Self★ 6 -
Decade 1989Self★ 7 -
Route One/USA 1989Self★ 7.3 -
On Screen Narrator★ NR
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Tanner '88 1988Himself (uncredited)★ 6.7 -
A Different World 1987Himself★ 7.1 -
Self★ 9 -
Self★ 6
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Self - Audience Member (uncredited)★ 7.3 -
A Decade of Struggle 1980Self★ NR -
A Matter of Respect 1980★ NR -
Dinah! 1974Self★ 6.7 -
Self/Cameo (archive footage)★ 9 -
Save the Children 1973Self★ 6 -
Nationtime 1972Self★ NR -
We Are Universal 1971★ NR
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Self (archive footage)★ 7.3 -
Self★ NR -
Uptight 1968Self (archive footage)★ 6.5