Jesse Jackson
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".
personal Info.
Known for
Acting
Known Credit
0.8315
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-10-08
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Also Known as
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
Known For
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Uncle Tom
A Man's Story
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
BaadAsssss Cinema
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
Last Party 2000
Michael Jackson Memorial
Uptight
In Remembrance of Martin
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
4 Little Girls
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
South to Black Power
We Are Many
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War