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Jesse Jackson

1941-10-08 (83 years old) in Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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".

Movies

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South to Black Power
60 %|Nov 28, 2023
Documentary
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Loudmouth
60 %|Dec 9, 2022
Documentary
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El otro Rey de Chicago
0 %|Apr 18, 2022
Documentary
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Punch 9 for Harold Washington
0 %|Oct 13, 2021
Documentary
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Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
50 %|Sep 11, 2021
Documentary, Music
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
76.59 %|Jul 2, 2021
Music, Documentary, History
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September First, Twenty-Twenty
90 %|May 10, 2021
Documentary
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
73.91 %|Apr 23, 2021
Documentary
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
0 %|Mar 1, 2021
Documentary
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
68 %|Jan 11, 2021
Documentary
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Uncle Tom
78 %|Jun 19, 2020
Documentary, Comedy
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Stax, le label soul légendaire
0 %|Jul 26, 2019
Documentary, Music
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Chicago at the Crossroad
10 %|Jun 1, 2019
Crime, Documentary
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The Road to Mass Incarceration
0 %|Jun 13, 2018
Documentary
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I Am MLK Jr.
95 %|Apr 4, 2018
Documentary
actor
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
0 %|Mar 24, 2018
Documentary, TV Movie
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'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
82 %|Oct 1, 2016
Documentary, History, TV Movie
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Crashing the Party
0 %|Jul 21, 2016
Documentary
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Fantastic Lies
72 %|Mar 13, 2016
Documentary, History
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We Are Many
67 %|Jun 8, 2014
Documentary
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
71 %|Apr 23, 2013
Documentary
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MLK: The Assassination Tapes
74 %|Feb 12, 2012
Documentary, History, Crime
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A Man's Story
69 %|Oct 8, 2011
Documentary
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Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound
68 %|Oct 14, 2009
Music, Documentary
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel
63 %|Sep 12, 2009
Documentary
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Michael Jackson Memorial
80 %|Jul 7, 2009
Documentary
actor
The Nine Lives of Marion Barry
56 %|Jun 21, 2009
Documentary
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Anecdotes about Fidel
0 %|Jan 1, 2009
Documentary
actor
Ballou
80 %|Sep 11, 2008
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King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
85 %|Jan 16, 2007
Documentary
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
64 %|Sep 21, 2002
Documentary
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BaadAsssss Cinema
60 %|Aug 14, 2002
Action, Documentary
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Last Party 2000
61 %|Nov 2, 2001
Documentary
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The Subtext of a Yale Education
0 %|Sep 24, 1999
Documentary
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University, Inc.
0 %|Sep 10, 1999
Documentary
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4 Little Girls
72 %|Jul 9, 1997
Documentary
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The Journey of the African-American Athlete
100 %|Feb 12, 1996
Documentary, History, TV Movie
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The Soul of Stax
0 %|Jan 1, 1994
Documentary
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Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham
60 %|Jan 1, 1993
Documentary
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Decade
70 %|Dec 9, 1989
Documentary, Music, History
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Route One/USA
73 %|Sep 10, 1989
Documentary
actor
Jackie Robinson: An American Journey
0 %|Aug 15, 1988
Documentary, TV Movie
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In Remembrance of Martin
90 %|Feb 8, 1986
Documentary
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Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
73 %|Mar 12, 1982
Comedy, TV Movie, Documentary
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A Decade of Struggle
0 %|Jun 1, 1980
Documentary
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A Matter of Respect
0 %|Jan 1, 1980
Documentary, Drama
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Save the Children
0 %|May 13, 1973
Music, Documentary
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Nationtime
0 %|Nov 1, 1972
Documentary
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Operation Breadbasket
0 %|Jul 7, 1969
TV Movie, Documentary
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Uptight
65 %|Dec 28, 1968
Drama, Thriller

Series

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Shut Up and Dribble
0 %|Nov 3, 2018
Documentary
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Explained
75 %|May 23, 2018
Documentary
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Joy Behar: Say Anything!
0 %|Sep 29, 2009
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Robins
78 %|Aug 23, 2006
Comedy, Talk
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The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
30 %|Aug 8, 2005
War & Politics
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Real Time with Bill Maher
60 %|Feb 21, 2003
Comedy, Talk
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Jimmy Kimmel Live!
55 %|Jan 26, 2003
Talk, Comedy
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The Chris Rock Show
44 %|Feb 7, 1997
Comedy
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The Daily Show
63 %|Jul 22, 1996
News, Comedy
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Baseball
73 %|Sep 18, 1994
Documentary
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Tanner '88
64 %|Feb 15, 1988
Comedy, War & Politics
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A Different World
70 %|Sep 24, 1987
Comedy, Family
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Saturday Night Live
69 %|Oct 11, 1975
Comedy, News
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Dinah!
60 %|Oct 21, 1974