Jesse Jackson
Born October 08, 1941 (Age: 84)
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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'.
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'.
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Filmography
El otro Rey de Chicago
2022
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as Self
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Age: 80
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
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as Self
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Age: 79
September First, Twenty-Twenty
2021
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as Himself
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Age: 79
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
2021
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as Self
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Age: 79
Bernie Blackout
2020
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 78
The Road to Mass Incarceration
2018
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as Self
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Age: 76
A Man's Story
2011
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as Self
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Age: 70
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
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as Self
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Age: 67
Anecdotes about Fidel
2009
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as
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Age: 67
No Image
The Day the Troubles Began
2008
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as Self
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Age: 66
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 60
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
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as Self
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Age: 60
The Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
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as Self
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Age: 57
University, Inc.
1999
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as Self (Archive Footage)
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Age: 57
4 Little Girls
1997
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as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
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Age: 55
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
1997
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as
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Age: 55
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 54
The Soul of Stax
1994
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as Self
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Age: 52
Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
1993
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as Self
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Age: 51
Decade
1989
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as Self
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Age: 48
Route One/USA
1989
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as Self
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Age: 47
No Image
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
1988
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as On Screen Narrator
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Age: 46
A Decade of Struggle
1980
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as Self
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Age: 38
A Matter of Respect
1980
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as
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Age: 38
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
1973
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as Self/Cameo (archive footage)
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Age: 31
Save the Children
1973
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as Self
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Age: 31
Wattstax
1973
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as Self
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Age: 31
Nationtime
1972
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as Self
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Age: 31
No Image
We Are Universal
1971
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as
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Age: 29
Operation Breadbasket
1969
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as Self
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Age: 27