2026-02-17
1941-10-0885 years, 0 months, and 27 days old
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Place of birth:
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Adult:
No
Gender:
Male
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'.
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Best Credits: 90
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Punch 9 for Harold Washington | 0 | 2021-10-13 | 0.8509 | |||
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip | Self - Audience Member (uncredited) | 7.4 | 1982-03-12 | 1.2064 | ||
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Self (archive footage) | 6.5 | 2002-09-21 | 0.9826 | ||
BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | 6 | 2002-08-14 | 0.8403 | ||
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story | Self | 0 | 2021-05-05 | 0.875 | ||
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self | 7.622 | 2021-07-02 | 3.6295 | ||
University, Inc. | Self (Archive Footage) | 8 | 1999-09-10 | 2.5984 | ||
The Subtext of a Yale Education | Self | 0 | 1999-09-24 | 1.1114 | ||
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel | Self | 6 | 2009-09-12 | 1.0506 | ||
A Man's Story | Self | 6.9 | 2011-10-08 | 1.1617 |
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