
Jesse Jackson
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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".
Known For

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

Saturday Night Live

Real Time with Bill Maher

A Different World

Explained

Shut Up and Dribble

The Chris Rock Show

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Malcolm X

Uptight

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Tanner '88

The Journey of the African-American Athlete

Save the Children

I Am MLK Jr.

Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union

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