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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 th...

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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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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) posterSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · Self3.8ActuallyLikeLA 92 posterLA 922017 · Self (archive footage)3.9Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip posterRichard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip1982 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)3.7Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy posterCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021 · Self (archive footage)3.4Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic posterRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic2013 · Self3.54 Little Girls poster4 Little Girls1997 · Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition3.6Michael Jackson Memorial posterMichael Jackson Memorial2009 · Self4.0Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street posterStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021 · Self (archive footage)3.7
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) posterSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · Self3.8ActuallyLikeLA 92 posterLA 922017 · Self (archive footage)3.9Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip posterRichard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip1982 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)3.7Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy posterCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021 · Self (archive footage)3.4Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic posterRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic2013 · Self3.54 Little Girls poster4 Little Girls1997 · Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition3.6Michael Jackson Memorial posterMichael Jackson Memorial2009 · Self4.0Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street posterStreet Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street2021 · Self (archive footage)3.7Fantastic Lies posterFantastic Lies2016 · Himself (archive footage)3.6Uptight posterUptight1968 · Self (archive footage)3.4'85: The Greatest Team in Football History poster'85: The Greatest Team in Football History2016 · Self4.1Wattstax posterWattstax1973 · Self3.4We Are Many posterWe Are Many2014 · Self3.4Route One/USA posterRoute One/USA1989 · Self3.7King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis posterKing: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970 · Self (archive footage)3.7BaadAsssss Cinema posterBaadAsssss Cinema2002 · Self3.0Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory posterMahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory1997 · Cast5.0I Am MLK Jr. posterI Am MLK Jr.2018 · Self4.4