- Born
- Birth nameJesse Louis Jackson
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Jesse Jackson was born on October 8, 1941 in Greenville, South Carolina, USA. He is 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 has been married to Jacqueline L. Jackson since December 31, 1962. They have five children.
- SpouseJacqueline L. Jackson(December 31, 1962 - present) (5 children)
- ChildrenJonathan Luther JacksonYusef Dubois JacksonJacqueline Lavita Jackson
- ParentsHelen BurnsNoah Louis Robinson
- RelativesJonathan T. Jackson(Grandchild)Leah Jackson(Grandchild)Jessica Jackson(Grandchild)Jesse Jackson III(Grandchild)Noah Jackson(Grandchild)
- Speaks his sermons in dramatic rhyme
- Born at 3:30pm-EST
- Had a favorable song written about him, "Jesse Jackson," by Kris Kristofferson, recorded on the 1976 album, "Third World Warrior.".
- Jackson and Ralph Abernathy were both waiting at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis for Martin Luther King 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.
- 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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