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May-1999)<br><p> High School: Sterling High School, Greenville, SC (1959)<br> University: <a href="/edu/528/000068324/">University of Illinois</a><br> University: <a href="/edu/623/000166125/">BA, North Carolina A&T State University (1964)</a><br> Theological: <a href="/edu/688/000111355/">Chicago Theological Seminary</a><br><p> <a href="/org/378/000049231/">Rainbow Coalition</a> <br> <a href="/org/843/000041720/">Southern Christian Leadership Conference</a> 1965<br> <a href="/org/926/000121563/">Campaign for America's Future</a> <br> <a href="/org/381/000122015/">Citizens for a Moratorium on Federal Executions</a> <br> <a href="/org/505/000042379/">Council on Foreign Relations</a> <br> <a href="/org/426/000041303/">Freemasonry</a> <br> <a href="/org/517/000041394/">Omega Psi Phi Fraternity</a> <br> <a href="/company/597/000163108/">The Yucaipa Companies</a> Advisor<br> <a href="/honors/482/000045347/">Presidential Medal of Freedom</a> 9-Aug-2000<br> <a href="/honors/292/000043163/">Spingarn Medal</a> 1989<br> <a href="/honors/936/000401730/">Honorary Harlem Globetrotter</a> 2001<br> <a href="/event/680/000104368/">Adopted</a> <br> <a href="/crime/368/000050218/">Disturbing the Peace</a> Greensboro, NC 6-Jun-1963<br> <a href="/crime/459/000067258/">Inciting a Riot</a> Greensboro, NC 6-Jun-1963<br> <a href="/crime/329/000045194/">Harassment</a> Sued, 2011<br> <a href="/group/425/000179885/">Funeral: Martin Luther King (1968)</a> <br> <a href="/crime/951/000048807/">Trespassing</a> Eisenhower High School, Decatur, IL 16-Nov-1999<br> <a href="/crime/951/000048807/">Trespassing</a> Mabel Bassett Correctional Center, Oklahoma City, OK 10-Jan-2001<br> <a href="/crime/951/000048807/">Trespassing</a> Yale University 1-Sep-2003<br> <a href="/group/559/000206938/">Funeral: Ted Kennedy (2009)</a> <br> <a href="/group/539/000379399/">Funeral: Nelson Mandela (2013)</a> <br> <a href="/group/144/000401935/">Funeral: Muhammad Ali (2016)</a> <br> <a href="/lists/050/000140627/">Secret Service Codename</a> Pontiac, Thunder<br><p> <font size=-2 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR</font><br> <a href="/films/132/000263340/">Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (12-Sep-2009)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/886/000226208/">Manufacturing Dissent (11-Feb-2007)</a> <br> <a href="/films/588/000085333/">Tanner on Tanner (5-Oct-2004)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/336/000119976/">Last Party 2000 (2-Nov-2001)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/056/000061870/">4 Little Girls (9-Jul-1997)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/357/000088093/">Baseball (18-Sep-1994)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/937/000089670/">American Dream (6-Oct-1990)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/684/000256913/">Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones (3-Oct-1990)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/185/000251429/">Tanner '88 (15-Feb-1988)</a> · Himself<br> <a href="/films/129/000220466/">Wattstax (4-Feb-1973)</a> · Himself<br><p> <b>Rotten Library Page:</b><br><a href="http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/jesse-jackson/">Jesse Jackson</a><p> <b>Is the subject of books:</b><br> <i>Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson</i>, <tt>1997</tt>, <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=-1>BY:</font> Marshall Frady<br><p> <br> <p> <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 22px; font-style: italic; color: #ff3333;">New!</span><br> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=24293"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=24293">Jesse Jackson</a></td> </tr> </table> <font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=24293" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2019 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"></td></tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>