Jesse Jackson
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'.
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Jesse Jackson — movies and TV shows
6.4SeriesThe Daily Show
1996
6.9SeriesSaturday Night Live
1975
6.0SeriesReal Time with Bill Maher
2003
5.3SeriesJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
6.9SeriesDemocracy Now!
2001
3.8SeriesThe Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
2005
7.2SeriesA Different World
1987
7.0SeriesDinah!
1974
7.0SeriesWorld in Action
1963
6.3SeriesHappily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995
7.4SeriesExplained
2018
4.6SeriesThe Chris Rock Show
1997
7.5SeriesBaseball
1994
7.8SeriesRobins
2006
6.9SeriesNot Necessarily the News
1983
SeriesVelshi
2017
3.0SeriesHollywood Black
2024
SeriesJoy Behar: Say Anything!
2009
6.9SeriesTanner '88
1988
1.0SeriesShut Up and Dribble
2018
10.0SeriesTanner on Tanner
2004
7.6FilmSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
5.3SeriesObama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
2021
6.8FilmCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
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7.1FilmRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
6.9FilmA Man's Story
2011
6.9FilmSaturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999
7.4FilmStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
7.4FilmRichard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
SeriesObama
2020
7.1Film4 Little Girls
1997
7.8FilmLA 92
2017
6.7FilmWe Are Many
2014
6.0FilmBaadAsssss Cinema
2002
8.0FilmNationtime: Gary
1972
8.2Film'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016
7.3FilmKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
6.8FilmUptight
1968
8.5FilmKing: Man of Peace in a Time of War
2007
6.5FilmDionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
2021
3.5FilmSouth to Black Power
2023
8.8FilmI Am MLK Jr.
2018
6.7FilmJoan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
2009
7.2FilmFantastic Lies
2016
6.5FilmAmandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
10.0FilmThe Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996
6.6FilmSave the Children
1973
6.0FilmHugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
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7.4FilmMLK: The Assassination Tapes
2012
6.8FilmLast Party 2000
2001
8.0FilmUniversity, Inc.
1999
8.0FilmIn Remembrance of Martin
1986
8.0FilmMichael Jackson Memorial
2009
FilmA Matter of Respect
1980
FilmThe Road to Mass Incarceration
2018
FilmRise Up: The Movement that Changed America
2018
FilmA Decade of Struggle
1980
FilmThe Subtext of a Yale Education
1999
7.0FilmBernie Blackout
2020
FilmAmerica's Political Parties: Power and Principle
1992