Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson

Acting

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

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Hollywood Black ★ 5.0 Hollywood Black 2024 South to Black Power ★ 3.5 South to Black Power 2023 Loudmouth ★ 6.0 Loudmouth 2022 El otro Rey de Chicago El otro Rey de Chicago 2022 Punch 9 for Harold Washington Punch 9 for Harold Washington 2021 Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over ★ 6.5 Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over 2021 Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union ★ 5.3 Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union 2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) ★ 7.6 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) 2021 September First, Twenty-Twenty ★ 9.0 September First, Twenty-Twenty 2021 Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story 2021 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street ★ 7.4 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021 Killing Martin Luther King Jr. Killing Martin Luther King Jr. 2021 Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy ★ 6.9 Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 2021 Obama Obama 2020 Bernie Blackout ★ 7.0 Bernie Blackout 2020 Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story 2020 Stax, le label soul légendaire Stax, le label soul légendaire 2019 Chicago at the Crossroad ★ 4.0 Chicago at the Crossroad 2019 Shut Up and Dribble ★ 1.0 Shut Up and Dribble 2018 The Road to Mass Incarceration The Road to Mass Incarceration 2018 Explained ★ 7.5 Explained 2018 Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America 2018 I Am MLK Jr. ★ 8.8 I Am MLK Jr. 2018 Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media 2018 LA 92 ★ 7.7 LA 92 2017 '85: The Greatest Team in Football History ★ 8.2 '85: The Greatest Team in Football History 2016 Crashing the Party Crashing the Party 2016 Fantastic Lies ★ 7.2 Fantastic Lies 2016 We Are Many ★ 6.7 We Are Many 2014 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic ★ 7.0 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic 2013 MLK: The Assassination Tapes ★ 7.4 MLK: The Assassination Tapes 2012 A Man's Story ★ 6.9 A Man's Story 2011 Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound ★ 6.8 Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound 2009 Joy Behar: Say Anything! Joy Behar: Say Anything! 2009 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel ★ 6.0 Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel 2009 Michael Jackson Memorial ★ 8.0 Michael Jackson Memorial 2009 The Nine Lives of Marion Barry ★ 5.6 The Nine Lives of Marion Barry 2009 Anecdotes about Fidel Anecdotes about Fidel 2009 The Day the Troubles Began The Day the Troubles Began 2008 Ballou ★ 8.0 Ballou 2008 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War ★ 8.5 King: Man of Peace in a Time of War 2007 Robins ★ 7.8 Robins 2006 The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer ★ 3.8 The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer 2005 Tanner on Tanner ★ 10.0 Tanner on Tanner 2004 Real Time with Bill Maher ★ 6.0 Real Time with Bill Maher 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ★ 5.3 Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003 Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony ★ 6.5 Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony 2002 BaadAsssss Cinema ★ 6.0 BaadAsssss Cinema 2002 Last Party 2000 ★ 6.8 Last Party 2000 2001 The Subtext of a Yale Education The Subtext of a Yale Education 1999 University, Inc. ★ 8.0 University, Inc. 1999 4 Little Girls ★ 7.2 4 Little Girls 1997 The Chris Rock Show ★ 4.6 The Chris Rock Show 1997 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory ★ 10.0 Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory 1997 The Daily Show ★ 6.4 The Daily Show 1996 The Journey of the African-American Athlete ★ 10.0 The Journey of the African-American Athlete 1996 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child ★ 6.3 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1995 Baseball ★ 7.5 Baseball 1994 The Soul of Stax The Soul of Stax 1994 Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham ★ 7.0 Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham 1993 America's Political Parties: Power and Principle America's Political Parties: Power and Principle 1992 Decade ★ 8.5 Decade 1989 Route One/USA ★ 7.4 Route One/USA 1989 Jackie Robinson: An American Journey ★ 7.0 Jackie Robinson: An American Journey 1988 Tanner '88 ★ 6.9 Tanner '88 1988 A Different World ★ 7.0 A Different World 1987 In Remembrance of Martin ★ 8.0 In Remembrance of Martin 1986 Not Necessarily the News ★ 6.8 Not Necessarily the News 1983 Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy ★ 7.0 Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy 1983 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip ★ 7.4 Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip 1982 A Decade of Struggle A Decade of Struggle 1980 A Matter of Respect A Matter of Respect 1980 Saturday Night Live ★ 6.9 Saturday Night Live 1975 Dinah! ★ 7.0 Dinah! 1974 Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 ★ 9.0 Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 1973 Save the Children ★ 6.5 Save the Children 1973 Wattstax ★ 6.9 Wattstax 1973 Nationtime ★ 8.0 Nationtime 1972 We Are Universal We Are Universal 1971 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis ★ 7.3 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 1970