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".

Known For

The Daily Show

as Self

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Real Time with Bill Maher

as Self

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

as Self (archive footage)

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Explained

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

as Self (archive footage)

A Different World

as Himself

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

as Self