Jesse Jackson
Acting
Born October 8, 1941 · Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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'.
Known For · 40 titles
The Daily Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
World in Action
A Different World
Dinah!
Baseball
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Velshi
Explained
The Chris Rock Show
Robins
Not Necessarily the News
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Hollywood Black
Tanner '88
Shut Up and Dribble
Tanner on Tanner
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Obama
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Nationtime: Gary
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Fantastic Lies
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Uptight
University, Inc.
We Are Many
Operation Breadbasket
A Man's Story
The Day the Troubles Began
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Anecdotes about Fidel
Route One/USA
Michael Jackson Memorial
LA 92