Jesse Jackson
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
The Daily Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
A Different World
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Dinah!
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer
Explained
Baseball
World in Action
The Chris Rock Show
Not Necessarily the News
Robins
Hollywood Black
Shut Up and Dribble
Tanner '88
Joy Behar: Say Anything!
Tanner on Tanner
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Obama
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Michael Jackson Memorial
LA 92
A Man's Story
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Last Party 2000
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic