- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJesse Louis Jackson
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Jesse Jackson was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Burning, S.O.S. - Saving Our Schools (2015) and Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995). He was married to Jacqueline L. Jackson. He died on February 17, 2026 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- SpouseJacqueline L. Jackson(December 31, 1962 - February 16, 2026) (his death, 5 children)
- ChildrenYusef Dubois JacksonJacqueline Lavita JacksonAshley Laverne Jackson
- ParentsHelen BurnsNoah Louis Robinson
- RelativesJonathan T. Jackson(Grandchild)Leah Jackson(Grandchild)Jessica Jackson(Grandchild)Jesse Jackson III(Grandchild)Noah Jackson(Grandchild)Yusef Jackson Jr.(Grandchild)Chuck(Sibling)Sky(Grandchild)Tony(Sibling)
- Speaks his sermons in dramatic rhyme
- Born at 3:30pm-EST
- Has close personal ties to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and has spoken positively of Castro in speeches given in the Communist nation.
- Jackson and Ralph Abernathy were both waiting at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis for Martin Luther King Jr. the very day he was assassinated, April 4, 1968. The friends had planned to have dinner together that evening.
- Rainbow Push Coalition president and founder.
- Admitted to having fathered the daughter of a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair.
- Keep hope alive!
- Your children need your presence more than your presents.
- We have allowed death to change its name from Southern rope to Northern dope. Too many black youths have been victimized by pushing dope into their veins instead of hope into their brains.
- Keep your eyes on the prize.
- [quoted by Clarence Page] There is nothing more painful to me at this stage of my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps...then turn around and see someone white and feel relieved.
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