Jesse Jackson
Known for Acting
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
Uptight
1968
as Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
We Are Many
2014
as Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Last Party 2000
2001
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self
Nationtime
1972
as Self
A Man's Story
2011
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Decade
1989
as Self
Uncle Tom
2020
as Self (archive footage)
University, Inc.
1999
as Self (Archive Footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
as Self
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
as Self
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
Punch 9 for Harold Washington
2021
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Wattstax
1973
as Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
as Self