Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Date of Birth:

Oct 08, 1941

Place of Birth:

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. is 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 was the founder 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:

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

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

2021

Stax, le label soul légendaire Stax, le label soul légendaire

2019

Chicago at the Crossroad Chicago at the Crossroad

2019

Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy

1983

Punch 9 for Harold Washington Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021

The Journey of the African-American Athlete The Journey of the African-American Athlete

1996

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

1973

I Am MLK Jr. I Am MLK Jr.

2018

Killing Martin Luther King Jr. Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

2021

The Road to Mass Incarceration The Road to Mass Incarceration

2018

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

Operation Breadbasket Operation Breadbasket

1970

Uptight Uptight

1968

Crashing the Party Crashing the Party

2016

Uncle Tom Uncle Tom

2020

El otro Rey de Chicago El otro Rey de Chicago

2022

The Soul of Stax The Soul of Stax

1994

The Subtext of a Yale Education The Subtext of a Yale Education

1999

MLK: The Assassination Tapes MLK: The Assassination Tapes

2012

Loudmouth Loudmouth

2022

Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

2021

University, Inc. University, Inc.

1999

Nationtime Nationtime

1972

Decade Decade

1989

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

1997

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

2007

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013

Michael Jackson Memorial Michael Jackson Memorial

2009

We Are Many We Are Many

2014

Ballou Ballou

2008

The Nine Lives of Marion Barry The Nine Lives of Marion Barry

2009

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

2002

BaadAsssss Cinema BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

2009

A Man's Story A Man's Story

2011

4 Little Girls 4 Little Girls

1997

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History '85: The Greatest Team in Football History

2016

Route One/USA Route One/USA

1989

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018

Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

2020

In Remembrance of Martin In Remembrance of Martin

1986

A Decade of Struggle A Decade of Struggle

1980

Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

1993

Save the Children Save the Children

1973

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

2009

Fantastic Lies Fantastic Lies

2016

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

2018

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

1982

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