Acting · Greenville, South Carolina, USA · Born October 8, 1941
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'.
TVHollywood Black
2024
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MovieSouth to Black Power
2023
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MovieLoudmouth
2022
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2022
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MoviePunch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
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2021
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TVObama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
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2021
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2021
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2021
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2021
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MovieKilling Martin Luther King Jr.
2021
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MovieCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
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TVObama
2020
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MovieBernie Blackout
2020
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Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
2020
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MovieStax, le label soul légendaire
2019
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MovieChicago at the Crossroad
2019
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TVShut Up and Dribble
2018
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2018
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TVExplained
2018
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MovieRise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
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MovieI Am MLK Jr.
2018
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
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MovieLA 92
2017
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Movie'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
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MovieCrashing the Party
2016
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MovieFantastic Lies
2016
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MovieWe Are Many
2014
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MovieRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
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MovieMLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
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MovieA Man's Story
2011
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MovieJoan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
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TVJoy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
MovieHugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
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MovieMichael Jackson Memorial
2009
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MovieThe Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009
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MovieAnecdotes about Fidel
2009
The Day the Troubles Began
2008
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Ballou
2008
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MovieKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
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TVRobins
2006
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TVThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
TVTanner on Tanner
2004
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TVReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
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TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
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MovieAmandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
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MovieBaadAsssss Cinema
2002
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MovieLast Party 2000
2001
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MovieThe Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
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MovieUniversity, Inc.
1999
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Movie4 Little Girls
1997
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TVThe Chris Rock Show
1997
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MovieMahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
TVThe Daily Show
1996
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MovieThe Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
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TVHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
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TVBaseball
1994
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MovieThe Soul of Stax
1994
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MovieCrusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993
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MovieAmerica's Political Parties: Power and Principle
1992
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MovieDecade
1989
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MovieRoute One/USA
1989
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Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988
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1988
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TVA Different World
1987
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MovieIn Remembrance of Martin
1986
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TVNot Necessarily the News
1983
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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983
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MovieRichard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
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MovieA Decade of Struggle
1980
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MovieA Matter of Respect
1980
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
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TVDinah!
1974
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MovieContradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
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MovieSave the Children
1973
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MovieWattstax
1973
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MovieNationtime: Gary
1972
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We Are Universal
1971
MovieKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
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MovieOperation Breadbasket
1969
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MovieUptight
1968
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TVWorld in Action
1963
Dear Mister President
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