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
South to Black Power
as Self
South to Black Power
as Self
Loudmouth
as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
Loudmouth
as Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)
El otro Rey de Chicago
as Self
El otro Rey de Chicago
as Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
as Self
Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
as Self
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
as Self
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage)
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
as Self
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
as Self
Stax, le label soul légendaire
as Self (archive footage)
Stax, le label soul légendaire
as Self (archive footage)
The Road to Mass Incarceration
as Self
The Road to Mass Incarceration
as Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
as Self
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America
as Self
I Am MLK Jr.
as Self
I Am MLK Jr.
as Self
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
LA 92
as Self (archive footage)
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
as Self
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
as Self (archive Footage)
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
as Self (archive Footage)
A Man's Story
as Self
A Man's Story
as Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
Last Party 2000
as Self
Last Party 2000
as Self
4 Little Girls
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
4 Little Girls
as Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Self (archive footage)
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Uptight
as Self (archive footage)
Uptight
as Self (archive footage)