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Jesse Jackson

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".

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-10-08

Place of Birth

Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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

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

    20217.6 / 10

    University, Inc.

    University, Inc.

    19990.0 / 10

    The Subtext of a Yale Education

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    19990.0 / 10

    Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel

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    20096.3 / 10

    A Man's Story

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    20116.9 / 10

    The Soul of Stax

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    Chicago at the Crossroad

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    20194.0 / 10

    Uptight

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    19686.5 / 10

    Ballou

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    King: Man of Peace in a Time of War

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    20078.5 / 10

    Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

    Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory

    199710.0 / 10

    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

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    20137.1 / 10

    Operation Breadbasket

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    19690.0 / 10

    Crashing the Party

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    Michael Jackson Memorial

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    19836.0 / 10

    Uncle Tom

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    The Road to Mass Incarceration

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    20180.0 / 10

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    Save the Children

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    Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound

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    Fantastic Lies

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    20167.2 / 10

    Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America

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    20180.0 / 10

    A Decade of Struggle

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    19800.0 / 10

    Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

    Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham

    19936.0 / 10

    Route One/USA

    Route One/USA

    19897.3 / 10

    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

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    20180.0 / 10

    Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story

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    In Remembrance of Martin

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    19869.0 / 10

    Decade

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    19897.0 / 10

    Nationtime

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    The Journey of the African-American Athlete

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    199610.0 / 10

    Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2

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    19739.0 / 10

    I Am MLK Jr.

    I Am MLK Jr.

    20189.5 / 10

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    Killing Martin Luther King Jr.

    20210.0 / 10

    Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

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    20216.5 / 10

    Last Party 2000

    Last Party 2000

    20016.1 / 10

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

    September First, Twenty-Twenty

    20219.0 / 10

    Bernie Blackout

    Bernie Blackout

    20207.0 / 10

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    19710.0 / 10

    Dear Mister President

    Dear Mister President

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