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Jesse Jackson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) 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". Description above from the Wikipedia article Jesse Jackson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 8, 1941 In Greenville, South Carolina
Movie/TV Credits:
22
First Appeared:
In the movie Uptight 1968-12-28
Latest Project:
Movie Uncle Tom 2020-06-19
Known For
Filmography
Movie Uncle Tom Self (archive footage) 2020-06-19
Movie '85: The Greatest Team in Football History Self 2016-10-01
Movie We Are Many Self 2014-06-08
Movie Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Self 2013-04-23
Movie A Man's Story Self 2011-10-08
Movie The Nine Lives of Marion Barry Self 2009-06-21
Movie Michael Jackson Memorial Self 2009-07-07
Movie Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Self 2009-09-12
Movie Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Self 2009-10-14
Movie BaadAsssss Cinema Self 2002-08-14
Movie Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony Self (archive footage) 2002-09-21
Movie Last Party 2000 Self 2001-11-02
Movie Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory 1997-01-01
Movie 4 Little Girls Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition 1997-07-09
Series Baseball Voice 1994-09-18
Movie Malcolm X Self (archive footage) (uncredited) 1992-11-18
Movie Decade Self 1989-12-09
Series Tanner '88 1988-02-15
Movie Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Self - Audience Member (uncredited) 1982-03-12
Movie Save the Children Self 1973-05-13
Movie King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage) 1970-03-24
Movie Uptight Self (archive footage) 1968-12-28
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