جس جکسون

Also known as Jesse Jackson, Sr., Reverend Jackson, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.

وزیر، فعال و سیاستمدار آمریکایی (۱۹۴۱–۲۰۲۶)

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Jesse Louis Jackson Burns is an American politician, pastor, and human rights defender born in Greenville in 1941. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been affiliated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Rainbow/PUSH. He is also a member of Freemasonry and identifies as a Baptist. Jackson speaks English and was educated at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

His career includes involvement in the civil rights movement and a background in American football as a quarterback for the United States. He is the father of Jonathan Jackson and Jesse Jackson Jr. Jackson has received the Spingarn Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Commander of the Legion of Honour. He has also been recognized in the Presidential Medal Of Freedom collection. Additionally, he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and COVID-19.

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Greenville, South Carolina, USA

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…

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Hollywood Black — Self (archive footage)2024
South to Black Power — Self2023
Loudmouth — Self - Civil Rights Activist/Self - Baptist Minister (archive footage)2022
El otro Rey de Chicago — Self2022
Punch 9 for Harold Washington2021
Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story — Self2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) — Self2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self (archive footage)2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy — Self (archive footage)2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr. — Self2021