Jesse Jackson

Q: Has Jesse Jackson won any awards?

Yes, Jesse Jackson has received numerous awards for his activism, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and various honorary doctorates recognizing his contributions to civil rights.

Q: What was Jesse Jackson's first major public role?

Jesse Jackson first gained national attention as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement, working alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and participating in key events such as the March on Washington.

Q: What are some of Jesse Jackson's most successful initiatives?

Jesse Jackson's initiatives include his work on economic empowerment for African Americans and his efforts to address issues like education, healthcare, and job creation through the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition.

Q: What is known about Jesse Jackson's personal life?

Jesse Jackson is married to Jacqueline Jackson, and they have three children. He has been an advocate for family values and education throughout his life.

Q: What is Jesse Jackson's estimated net worth?

Jesse Jackson's estimated net worth is around $10 million, attributed to his work as a civil rights leader and various speaking engagements.

Q: What milestones has Jesse Jackson achieved in his filmography?

While primarily known for his activism, Jesse Jackson has appeared in documentaries and films related to civil rights, including 'Eyes on the Prize' and 'The Black Candle.'

Q: What impact did Jesse Jackson have on American politics?

Jesse Jackson's impact on American politics includes raising awareness of civil rights issues, inspiring future generations of leaders, and influencing Democratic Party policies during his presidential campaigns.

Known for

Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues (2022)

IMDb 7.4 / 10

2022 / Documentary, Music / 106mins

An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and personal conversations. This...

UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality poster

UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality (2021)

2021 / Documentary / 108mins

A provocative feature doc about America's affordable housing crisis told through the prism of iconic Venice CA 90291's struggle with the growing income divide.

MLK: The Conspiracies (2021)

2021 / Crime, Documentary / 55mins

April 4 1968 was a day that changed the landscape forever. The life of the most influential voice of social justice was ended. No...

Name

Jesse Jackson

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

16 October 1941, Greenville, South Carolina, USA

Spouses

Jacqueline Jackson (1986–present)

Children

3 children: Jesse Jackson Jr., Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson, John Andrew Jackson

Parents

Noah Louis Jackson, Helen Burns

Estimated Net Worth

$10 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2024	TV Hollywood Black The epic story of the actors, writers, directors, and producers who fought for their place on the page, behind the...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2023	Movie South to Black Power In his provocative 2021 book, The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto, New York Times opinion columnist Charles M....	Self	TMDB 3.5 / 10
2022	Movie Loudmouth Josh Alexander’s Loudmouth documents the winding road that is Al Sharpton’s life story as an iconic activist and spiritual leader.	Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie El otro Rey de Chicago	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie Punch 9 for Harold Washington In this epic story of American politics, race, and triumph against all odds, director Joe Winston chronicles the captivating rise,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2021	Movie Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over The story of the iconic singer's fascinating six-decade career in both music and Black and LGBTQ activism.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2021	TV Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union President Obama's personal story and his vision for America, set against the backdrop of the country's racial history.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2021	Movie Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture,...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	Movie September First, Twenty-Twenty A witness to Kenosha Wisconsin's largest protest following the Jacob Blake shooting, september first, twenty-twenty. The same weekend Donald Trump...	Himself	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2021	Movie Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story An inspiring portrait of the life and legacy of Jewish theologian and philosopher, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. Heschel was one...	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2021	Movie Killing Martin Luther King Jr. No person has transformed a race’s social standing as Martin Luther King Jr. He transcended racial barriers, But the quest...	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2020	TV Obama Campaign promises of hope and change were met by a cratering economy, two never-ending wars, an epidemic of gun violence,...	Self	Not rated
2020	Movie Bernie Blackout An investigative deep dive into the corporate news media’s coverage of Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign that asks: who actually...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2020	Movie Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story	Self	Not rated
2019	Movie Stax, le label soul légendaire With the founding of Stax Records, the white siblings Jim Stewart and Estelle Axton created a label during the period...	Self (archive footage)	Not rated
2019	Movie Chicago at the Crossroad While gun violence was on the decline in most major US cities, why did it continue to increase in Chicago's...	Self	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2018	TV Shut Up and Dribble An inside look at the changing role of athletes in our fraught cultural and political environment, through the lens of...	Self - Civil Rights Leader	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2018	Movie The Road to Mass Incarceration This video, The Road to Mass Incarceration, by Greenhouse Media summarizes criminal justice policy decisions dating back to the 1960s....	Self	Not rated
2018	TV Explained This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current trends, from politics, to science to...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2018	Movie I Am MLK Jr. This feature documentary deeply explores Dr. King, his experience, his legacy and the Movement at large through key events –...	Self	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2018	Movie Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America When Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in Memphis, TN on April 4, 1968, he left a legacy of profound...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight...	Self	Not rated
2017	Movie LA 92 Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2016	Movie '85: The Greatest Team in Football History Through never-been-seen-before footage and fascinating interviews with key members of the 1985 Chicago Bears -- Mike Ditka, Jim McMahon, Mike...	Self	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2016	Movie Crashing the Party With the survival of the Democratic Party at stake after the country's worst three presidential losses a little-known Bill Clinton...	Self	Not rated
2016	Movie Fantastic Lies One night in Durham, North Carolina, a rape accusation set fire to the reputations of three college athletes and their...	Himself (archive footage)	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie We Are Many The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, against the impending war...	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2013	Movie Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant,...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2012	Movie MLK: The Assassination Tapes Relive an unspeakable tragedy detailed with unforgettable images, videos, and recordings only recently rediscovered.	Self (archive Footage)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2011	Movie A Man's Story Documentary about British fashion designer Ozwald Boateng.	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2009	Movie Joan Baez: How Sweet the Sound Following folk musician Joan Baez on her extensive 2008-2009 tour, this film commemorates her career, which has spanned five decades....	Self	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2009	TV Joy Behar: Say Anything! Joy Behar: Say Anything! was a news program and talk show hosted by Emmy-award winning talk show host Joy Behar....	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	Movie Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel A revealing look at the outspoken, flamboyant founder of the Playboy empire. With humor and insight, the film captures Hefner's...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Michael Jackson Memorial A live telecast of the public memorial service for the king of pop, Michael Jackson.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2009	Movie The Nine Lives of Marion Barry Many people remember Marion Barry as the philandering drug-addled mayor of the nation's capital. He's the poster boy for corruption,...	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2009	Movie Anecdotes about Fidel 23 Anecdotes that reveal a personal side of Fidel Castro, told by Gabriel Garcia Márquez, Alicia Alonso, Alice Walter, Aleida,...	Unknown character	Not rated
2008	Movie The Day the Troubles Began Northern Ireland has had many historic days in the last 40 years. October 5th, 1968 could be the most important....	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Ballou Ballou , a documentary film, follows the talented Washington, DC, Ballou Senior High School Marching Band, as they overcome their...	Himself	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2007	Movie King: Man of Peace in a Time of War King: Man of Peace in a Time of War documents the work Martin Luther King did in attempting to bring...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
2006	TV Robins Robins is a Swedish late-night talk show which premiered on SVT2 on August 23, 2006. The host is the young...	Self - Guest	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2005	TV The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer The command center for breaking news, politics and extraordinary reports from around the world. Patterned after the concept of the...	Unknown character	TMDB 3.8 / 10
2004	TV Tanner on Tanner Sixteen years ago, Jack Tanner's bid for the White House ended at the 1988 Democratic convention. Now the former congressman...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2003	TV Real Time with Bill Maher Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	Movie Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2002	Movie BaadAsssss Cinema With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2001	Movie Last Party 2000 Filmed over the last six months of the 2000 Presidential election, Phillip Seymour Hoffman starts documenting the campaign at the...	Self	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1999	Movie The Subtext of a Yale Education Two years in labor relations at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, during the decade of the 1990s.	Self	Not rated
1999	Movie University, Inc. The closing of a student film program serves as a paradigm for interrogating the corporate ideology that guides the largest...	Self (Archive Footage)	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	Movie 4 Little Girls On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there...	Self - Founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition	TMDB 7.2 / 10
1997	TV The Chris Rock Show The Chris Rock Show is a late night comedy talk show featured on HBO. It was created by Chris Rock...	Self	TMDB 4.6 / 10
1997	Movie Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory Documentary narrated by Paul Winfield, this documentary follows the course of Mahalia Jackson's extraordinary life - from her humble beginnings...	Unknown character	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1996	TV The Daily Show The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1996	Movie The Journey of the African-American Athlete Documentary feature exploring the rise of African-Americans to positions of greatness in American sports. Stories are told of boxers, tennis...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1995	TV Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child is an American anthology animated television series.	Cocky Locky (voice)	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	TV Baseball The history of the sport of baseball in America, told through archival photos, film footage, and the words of those...	Various (voice)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1994	Movie The Soul of Stax "Philip Priestley's acclaimed film charts the history of Stax Records, the influential soul and blues record company founded in the...	Self	Not rated
1993	Movie Crusade: The Life of Billy Graham "This biography profiles the life and faith of the man who has preached to more people than any other person...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie America's Political Parties: Power and Principle From the 1968 Chicago convention and the surprising rise of Ronald Reagan, the history of the two parties continues to...	Self	Not rated
1989	Movie Decade Interviews with personalities including John Mellencamp, Spike Lee, Lou Reed, Roseanne Barr, David Byrne, George Michael and more, as they...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1989	Movie Route One/USA Route One is the first major U.S. highway. 5000 km along the Atlantic coast, from the Canadian border to the...	Self	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1988	Movie Jackie Robinson: An American Journey TV short about Jackie Robinson, the first African American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era.	On Screen Narrator	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1988	TV Tanner '88 In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside...	Himself (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1987	TV A Different World A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1986	Movie In Remembrance of Martin Personal comments from family, friends, and advisors fill this remarkable documentary honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott King...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1983	TV Not Necessarily the News Not Necessarily the News is a satirical sketch comedy series that first aired on HBO in September 1982 as a...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1983	Movie Amos 'n' Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy The history of the television version of "Amos and Andy" and the public outcry to cancel it.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1982	Movie Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June...	Self - Audience Member (uncredited)	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1980	Movie A Decade of Struggle This special three-part presentation of "Like It Is" examines the history of the black civil rights movement in the United...	Self	Not rated
1980	Movie A Matter of Respect Teen pregnancy short drama, mixed with a real Planned Parenthood group session of women, and excerpts from a lecture by...	Unknown character	Not rated
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self (uncredited)	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1975	TV Saturday Night Live A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary...	Self - Host	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1974	TV Dinah! Dinah's show premiered 9 September 1974 and continued through to 4 September 1981. She started out the 70's with Dinah's...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1973	Movie Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2 In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all...	Self/Cameo (archive footage)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1973	Movie Save the Children A concert film highlighted by performances from Marvin Gaye, Jerry Butler, and Roberta Flack.	Self	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1973	Movie Wattstax A documentary film about the Afro-American Woodstock concert held in Los Angeles seven years after the Watts riots. Director Mel...	Self	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1972	Movie Nationtime A report on the National Black Political Convention held in Gary, Indiana, in 1972, a historic event that gathered Black...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1971	Movie We Are Universal 1971 documentary short that surveys African American arts and culture, drawing inspiration from the “Black Is Beautiful” movement. Restored by...	Unknown character	Not rated
1970	Movie King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1969	Movie Operation Breadbasket Actor Robert Culp narrates this special examining the use of boycotts by African-Americans as a way of obtaining jobs.	Self	Not rated
1968	Movie Uptight Set against the backdrop of a community mourning the recent MLK assassination, Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1963	TV World in Action World in Action was Granada Television’s flagship ITV current affairs series, running from 7 Jan 1963 to 7 Dec 1998,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie Dear Mister President A New Orleans child victim of Hurricane Katrina relives her experience as she writes President Bush questioning her future. New...	Self	Not rated

South to Black Power

2023 / TMDB 3.5

Loudmouth

2022 / TMDB 6.0

El otro Rey de Chicago

2022

Punch 9 for Harold Washington

2021

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over

2021 / TMDB 6.5

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

2021 / TMDB 7.6

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Got a question about Jesse Jackson?

What are Jesse Jackson's career highlights?

Jesse Jackson is known for his work in the Civil Rights Movement, founding the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and his presidential campaigns in the 1980s. He has also been involved in numerous humanitarian efforts.

Has Jesse Jackson won any awards?

What was Jesse Jackson's first major public role?

What are some of Jesse Jackson's most successful initiatives?

What is known about Jesse Jackson's personal life?

What is Jesse Jackson's estimated net worth?

What milestones has Jesse Jackson achieved in his filmography?

What impact did Jesse Jackson have on American politics?