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

Movies & web series

Tanner on Tanner

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

September First, Twenty-Twenty

I Am MLK Jr.

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

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

Decade

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

Ballou

Michael Jackson Memorial

University, Inc.

LA 92

In Remembrance of Martin

Robins

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

Nationtime: Gary

Explained

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

MLK: The Assassination Tapes

Baseball

Fantastic Lies

Route One/USA

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

Bernie Blackout

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

4 Little Girls

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

A Different World

A Man's Story

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Jackie Robinson: An American Journey

We Are Many

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Last Party 2000

Tanner '88

Dinah!

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Not Necessarily the News

Saturday Night Live

World in Action

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Uptight

Wattstax

The Daily Show