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".
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Summer of Soul (...Or, Wh...
Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruptio...
Self (archive footage)
Save the Children
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Street Gang: How We Got t...
Self (archive footage)
Rise Up: The Movement tha...
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Uptight
Self (archive footage)
Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Act...
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4 Little Girls
Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition
Uncle Tom
Self (archive footage)
King: Man of Peace in a T...
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