Jesse Jackson

ACTOR

Jesse Jackson

Born: 1941-10-08

From: Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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'.

Movies & TV Shows

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

⭐ N/A

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

⭐ 7.4

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

⭐ 6.5

BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

⭐ 6.0

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

⭐ N/A

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

⭐ 7.6

University, Inc.

University, Inc.

⭐ 8.0

The Subtext of a Yale Education

The Subtext of a Yale Education

⭐ N/A

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

⭐ 6.0

A Man's Story

A Man's Story

⭐ 6.9

The Soul of Stax

The Soul of Stax

⭐ N/A

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

⭐ 7.4

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

⭐ 5.6

Stax, le label soul légendaire

Stax, le label soul légendaire

⭐ N/A

Chicago at the Crossroad

Chicago at the Crossroad

⭐ 4.0

Uptight

Uptight

⭐ 6.8

No Image

Ballou

⭐ 8.0

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

⭐ 8.5

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

⭐ 10.0

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

⭐ 7.1

Operation Breadbasket

Operation Breadbasket

⭐ N/A

Crashing the Party

Crashing the Party

⭐ N/A

Michael Jackson Memorial

Michael Jackson Memorial

⭐ 8.0

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

⭐ 7.0

The Road to Mass Incarceration

The Road to Mass Incarceration

⭐ N/A

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

⭐ 7.4

We Are Many

We Are Many

⭐ 6.7

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

⭐ 7.4

Loudmouth

Loudmouth

⭐ 6.0

El otro Rey de Chicago

El otro Rey de Chicago

⭐ N/A

4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

⭐ 7.1

A Matter of Respect

A Matter of Respect

⭐ N/A

No Image

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

⭐ 7.0

South to Black Power

South to Black Power

⭐ 3.5

Anecdotes about Fidel

Anecdotes about Fidel

⭐ N/A

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

⭐ 6.8

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

⭐ 8.2

Save the Children

Save the Children

⭐ 6.6

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

⭐ 6.7

Fantastic Lies

Fantastic Lies

⭐ 7.2

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

⭐ N/A

A Decade of Struggle

A Decade of Struggle

⭐ N/A

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

⭐ 7.2

Route One/USA

Route One/USA

⭐ 7.4

No Image

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

⭐ N/A

No Image

Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

⭐ N/A

In Remembrance of Martin

In Remembrance of Martin

⭐ 8.0

Decade

Decade

⭐ 8.5

Nationtime: Gary

Nationtime: Gary

⭐ 8.0

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

⭐ 10.0

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

⭐ 9.0

I Am MLK Jr.

I Am MLK Jr.

⭐ 8.8

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

⭐ N/A

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

⭐ 6.5

Last Party 2000

Last Party 2000

⭐ 6.8

September First, Twenty-Twenty

September First, Twenty-Twenty

⭐ 9.0

Bernie Blackout

Bernie Blackout

⭐ 7.0

No Image

We Are Universal

⭐ N/A

No Image

Dear Mister President

⭐ N/A

LA 92

LA 92

⭐ 7.8

No Image

The Day the Troubles Began

⭐ N/A

Wattstax

Wattstax

⭐ 6.8

America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

America's Political Parties: Power and Principle

⭐ N/A

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

⭐ 6.9

Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story

Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story

⭐ N/A

Texas, USA

Texas, USA

⭐ N/A

Hate Crimes in the Heartland

Hate Crimes in the Heartland

⭐ 7.0

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

⭐ 5.3

The Daily Show

The Daily Show

⭐ 6.4

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

⭐ 3.8

Robins

Robins

⭐ 7.8

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

⭐ 5.3

Shut Up and Dribble

Shut Up and Dribble

⭐ 1.0

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

⭐ N/A

Tanner '88

Tanner '88

⭐ 6.9

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

⭐ 6.9

The Chris Rock Show

The Chris Rock Show

⭐ 4.6

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

⭐ 6.3

A Different World

A Different World

⭐ 7.2

Baseball

Baseball

⭐ 7.6

Real Time with Bill Maher

Real Time with Bill Maher

⭐ 6.0

Explained

Explained

⭐ 7.4

Dinah!

Dinah!

⭐ 7.0

Obama

Obama

⭐ N/A

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

⭐ 6.9

World in Action

World in Action

⭐ 7.0

Tanner on Tanner

Tanner on Tanner

⭐ 10.0

Not Necessarily the News

Not Necessarily the News

⭐ 6.9

Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black

⭐ 3.0

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now!

⭐ 6.9