Jesse Jackson

Biography

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'.

Known for

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Loudmouth

2022 ⭐ 6.0

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Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021 ⭐ 6.5

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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021 ⭐ 7.6

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September First, Twenty-Twenty

2021 ⭐ 9.0

Career timeline

2023

South to Black Power

Self · 2023

⭐ 3.5

2022

Loudmouth

Self - Civil Rights Activist/S · 2022

⭐ 6.0

El otro Rey de Chicago

Self · 2022

2021

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

Self · 2021

⭐ 6.5

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Notable

Self · 2021

⭐ 7.6

2020

Bernie Blackout Notable

Self (archive footage) · 2020

⭐ 7.0

2019

Stax, le label soul légendaire

Self (archive footage) · 2019

Chicago at the Crossroad

Self · 2019

⭐ 4.0

2018

The Road to Mass Incarceration

Self · 2018

Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

Self · 2018

I Am MLK Jr. Notable

Self · 2018

⭐ 8.8

2017

LA 92 Notable

Self (archive footage) · 2017

⭐ 7.7

2016

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History Notable

Self · 2016

⭐ 8.2

Crashing the Party

Self · 2016

Fantastic Lies Notable

Himself (archive footage) · 2016

⭐ 7.2

2014

We Are Many

Self · 2014

⭐ 6.7

2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Notable

Self · 2013

⭐ 7.0

2012

MLK: The Assassination Tapes Notable

Self (archive Footage) · 2012

⭐ 7.4

2011

A Man's Story

Self · 2011

⭐ 6.9

2009

Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

Self · 2009

⭐ 6.7

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

Self · 2009

⭐ 6.0

Michael Jackson Memorial Notable

Self · 2009

⭐ 8.0

2007

King: Man of Peace in a Time of War Notable

Self · 2007

⭐ 8.5

2002

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Self (archive footage) · 2002

⭐ 6.5

BaadAsssss Cinema

Self · 2002

⭐ 6.0

2001

Last Party 2000

Self · 2001

⭐ 6.8

1999

The Subtext of a Yale Education

Self · 1999

University, Inc. Notable

Self (Archive Footage) · 1999

⭐ 8.0

1997

4 Little Girls Notable

Self - Founder of the Rainbow · 1997

⭐ 7.2

Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory Notable

1997

⭐ 10.0

1996

The Journey of the African-American Athlete Notable

Self (archive footage) · 1996

⭐ 10.0

1994

The Soul of Stax

Self · 1994

Frequently appears with

Al Sharpton

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Andrew Cuomo

Self - Governor, New York

Chuck Schumer

Self - Senator, New York

Dionne Warwick

Self

Quincy Jones

Self

Burt Bacharach

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Clive Davis

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Gladys Knight

Self

Full filmography

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South to Black Power

2023 ⭐ 3.5

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Loudmouth

2022 ⭐ 6.0

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El otro Rey de Chicago

2022

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Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

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Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021 ⭐ 6.5

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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

2021 ⭐ 7.6

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September First, Twenty-Twenty

2021 ⭐ 9.0

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Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story

2021

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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021 ⭐ 7.4

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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

2021

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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021 ⭐ 6.8

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Bernie Blackout

2020 ⭐ 7.0

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Stax, le label soul légendaire

2019

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Chicago at the Crossroad

2019 ⭐ 4.0

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The Road to Mass Incarceration

2018

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Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

2018

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I Am MLK Jr.

2018 ⭐ 8.8

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LA 92

2017 ⭐ 7.7

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'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

2016 ⭐ 8.2

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Crashing the Party

2016