Jesse Jackson
Acting
Born: October 8, 1941
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Biography
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".
Also Known As
- Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Known For
The Daily Show
July 22, 1996
Saturday Night Live
October 11, 1975
Real Time with Bill Maher
February 21, 2003
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
July 02, 2021
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
January 26, 2003
LA 92
April 28, 2017
Explained
May 23, 2018
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
March 12, 1982
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
January 11, 2021
A Different World
September 24, 1987
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
April 23, 2013
4 Little Girls
July 09, 1997