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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
A Different World
1987
Explained
2018
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
LA 92
2017
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
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