Jesse Jackson
Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October 8, 1941 (83 years old)
Place of Birth: 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".
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Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
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Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
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Punch 9 for Harold Washington
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
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Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
