Jesse Jackson
Greenville, South Carolina, USA
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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 AP-AOL "Black Voices" poll in February 2006, Jackson was voted 'the most important black leader'.
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Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
Contradictory America. Faith, hope, love and hate. Film 2
America's Political Parties: Power and Principle
Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story
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Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
