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'.
Known for
- The Daily Show (1996)
- Saturday Night Live (1975)
- Saturday Night Live (1975)
- Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
- Democracy Now! (2001)
- The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer (2005)
- World in Action (1963)
- A Different World (1987)
- Dinah! (1974)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
- Explained (2018)
- The Chris Rock Show (1997)
- Not Necessarily the News (1983)
- Robins (2006)
- Baseball (1994)
- Joy Behar: Say Anything! (2009)
- Tanner '88 (1988)
- Hollywood Black (2024)
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)