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Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

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".

Personal information

Birthday

1941-10-08

Birth Place

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Movies and TV shows :

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

2016

8.2

Movie
4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

1997

7.2

Movie
A Decade of Struggle

A Decade of Struggle

1980

0.0

Movie
poster

A Different World

1987

7.0

TV
A Man's Story

A Man's Story

2011

6.9

Movie
A Matter of Respect

A Matter of Respect

1980

0.0

Movie
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

2002

6.4

Movie
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983

6.0

Movie
Anecdotes about Fidel

Anecdotes about Fidel

2009

0.0

Movie
BaadAsssss Cinema

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

6.0

Movie
Ballou

Ballou

2008

8.0

Movie
poster

Baseball

1994

7.3

TV
Bernie Blackout

Bernie Blackout

2020

7.0

Movie
Chicago at the Crossroad

Chicago at the Crossroad

2019

1.0

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

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

1973

9.0

Movie
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

6.8

Movie
Crashing the Party

Crashing the Party

2016

0.0

Movie
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

1993

6.0

Movie
Decade

Decade

1989

7.0

Movie
poster

Dinah!

1974

6.5

TV
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021

6.0

Movie
El otro Rey de Chicago

El otro Rey de Chicago

2022

0.0

Movie
poster

Explained

2018

7.5

TV
Fantastic Lies

Fantastic Lies

2016

7.2

Movie
poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

6.0

TV
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018

0.0

Movie
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

2009

6.3

Movie
I Am MLK Jr.

I Am MLK Jr.

2018

9.5

Movie
In Remembrance of Martin

In Remembrance of Martin

1986

9.0

Movie
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

1988

0.0

Movie
poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

5.5

TV
Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

2009

6.8

Movie
poster

Joy Behar: Say Anything!

2009

0.0

TV
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

2021

0.0

Movie
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

7.3

Movie
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007

8.5

Movie
Last Party 2000

Last Party 2000

2001

6.1

Movie
Loudmouth

Loudmouth

2022

6.0

Movie
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

1997

10.0

Movie
Michael Jackson Memorial

Michael Jackson Memorial

2009

8.0

Movie
MLK: The Assassination Tapes

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

2012

7.4

Movie
Nationtime

Nationtime

1972

0.0

Movie
poster

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

2021

5.6

TV
Operation Breadbasket

Operation Breadbasket

1969

0.0

Movie
Punch 9 for Harold Washington

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

0.0

Movie
poster

Real Time with Bill Maher

2003

6.0

TV
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982

7.3

Movie
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

7.1

Movie
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

2018

0.0

Movie
poster

Robins

2006

7.8

TV
Route One/USA

Route One/USA

1989

7.3

Movie
poster

Saturday Night Live

1975

6.9

TV
Save the Children

Save the Children

1973

7.0

Movie
September First, Twenty-Twenty

September First, Twenty-Twenty

2021

9.0

Movie
poster

Shut Up and Dribble

2018

0.0

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

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

2020

0.0

Movie
South to Black Power

South to Black Power

2023

6.0

Movie
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

2021

0.0

Movie
Stax, le label soul légendaire

Stax, le label soul légendaire

2019

0.0

Movie
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

7.4

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

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

2021

7.7

Movie
poster

Tanner '88

1988

6.7

TV
poster

The Chris Rock Show

1997

4.4

TV
poster

The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The Journey of the African-American Athlete

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

1996

10.0

Movie
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

2009

5.6

Movie
The Road to Mass Incarceration

The Road to Mass Incarceration

2018

0.0

Movie
poster

The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer

2005

3.0

TV
The Soul of Stax

The Soul of Stax

1994

0.0

Movie
The Subtext of a Yale Education

The Subtext of a Yale Education

1999

0.0

Movie
Uncle Tom

Uncle Tom

2020

7.8

Movie
University, Inc.

University, Inc.

1999

0.0

Movie
Uptight

Uptight

1968

6.5

Movie
We Are Many

We Are Many

2014

6.7

Movie