Jesse Jackson
Known for ActingBorn 1941-10-08Died 2026-02-17Greenville, 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'.Read more
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Tanner on Tanner
2004 · Series
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Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997 · Movie
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The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996 · Movie
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Hollywood Black
2024 · Series
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September First, Twenty-Twenty
2021 · Movie
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I Am MLK Jr.
2018 · Movie
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Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973 · Movie
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007 · Movie
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Decade
1989 · Movie
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'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016 · Movie
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Michael Jackson Memorial
2009 · Movie
Ballou
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Ballou
2008 · Movie
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University, Inc.
1999 · Movie
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LA 92
2017 · Movie
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In Remembrance of Martin
1986 · Movie
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Robins
2006 · Series
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Movie
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Nationtime
1972 · Movie
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Explained
2018 · Series
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021 · Movie
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012 · Movie
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Baseball
1994 · Series
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Fantastic Lies
2016 · Movie
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Route One/USA
1989 · Movie
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Bernie Blackout
2020 · Movie
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982 · Movie
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 · Movie
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4 Little Girls
1997 · Movie
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · Movie
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 · Movie
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A Man's Story
2011 · Movie
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Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993 · Movie
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A Different World
1987 · Series
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Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009 · Movie
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
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Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988 · Movie
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We Are Many
2014 · Movie
Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
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Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy
1983 · Movie
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Last Party 2000
2001 · Movie
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Tanner '88
1988 · Series
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Dinah!
1974 · Series
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Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021 · Movie
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Wattstax
1973 · Movie
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Not Necessarily the News
1983 · Series
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Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
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World in Action
1963 · Series
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002 · Movie
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Uptight
1968 · Movie
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The Daily Show
1996 · Series