Biography
Jesse Louis Jackson was an American civil rights activist, LGBTQ rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. A protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. and James Bevel during the civil rights movement, he became one of the most prominent civil rights leaders of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, and an ardent advocate and early supporter of LGBTQ rights in the United States. From 1991 to 1997, he served as a shadow United States senator for the District of Columbia.
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Awards & recognition
- Commander of the Legion of Honour · 2021
- James Joyce Awards · 2004
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 2000
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Cairo · 1989
- Spingarn Medal · 1989
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- Eugene V. Debs Award · 1978
Filmography39 titles
Mahalia Jackson: The Power and the Glory
I Am MLK Jr.
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War
'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
In Remembrance of Martin
Nationtime
Uncle Tom
LA 92
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Explained
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Fantastic Lies
4 Little Girls
A Different World
Bernie Blackout
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
A Man's Story
Saturday Night Live
Uptight
We Are Many
Wattstax
Amandla!
The Daily Show
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Real Time with Bill Maher
Loudmouth
Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Chicago at the Crossroad
South to Black Power
Hollywood Black
Shut Up and Dribble
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
Stax, le label soul légendaire
Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America