Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 8, 1941 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
Also Known As
- Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr.
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".
Known For
Acting
7.6
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
7.5
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021
6.8
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
7.6
Uncle Tom
2020
7.5
Explained
2018
7.7
LA 92
2017
7.2
Fantastic Lies
2016
6.7
We Are Many
2014
7.0
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
6.0
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
2009
8.0
Michael Jackson Memorial
2009
6.0
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
5.9
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
7.2
4 Little Girls
1997
4.2
The Chris Rock Show
1997
6.4
The Daily Show
1996
7.4
Baseball
1994
7.3
Route One/USA
1989
7.0
A Different World
1987
7.3
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.0
Saturday Night Live
1975
7.1
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970