Acting
Jesse Jackson
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Died
- February 17, 2026
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'.
Filmography
Known for
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
7.4Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
6.5Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
6.0BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021
7.6Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
8.0University, Inc.
1999
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
6.0Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
6.9A Man's Story
2011
The Soul of Stax
1994
7.4Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
5.6The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
2009
Stax, le label soul légendaire
2019
4.0Chicago at the Crossroad
2019
6.8Uptight
1968
8.5King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
10.0Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997