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Jesse Jackson

1941 - Today

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Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young protégé of Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement, Jackson has maintained his status as a prominent civil rights leader throughout his political and theological career for over seven decades. He served from 1991 to 1997 as a shadow delegate and senator for the District of Columbia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jesse Jackson is the 321st most popular social activist (down from 286th in 2019), the 4,149th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,155th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Jesse Jackson ranks 321 out of 840. Before him are Ashin Wirathu, Millicent Fawcett, Maria Altmann, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Maurice Bishop, and Greta Thunberg. After him are Lucretia Mott, Cho Man-sik, Felix Manz, Fra Diavolo, Clara Barton, and Ricardo Flores Magón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Jesse Jackson ranks 246. Before him are Sarah Miles, Charles Whitman, Lynne Cheney, Prince William of Gloucester, Lothar Bisky, and Richard Martin West. After him are Sean Flynn, Robert Guéï, Chubby Checker, Mario Corso, Leonid Kizim, and Angelo Domenghini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse Jackson ranks 4,149 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry Wall (1954), Kamehameha V (1830), Ahmad Jamal (1930), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), E. C. Segar (1894), and William Larned (1872). After him are Robert Sapolsky (1957), Q-Tip (1970), Edward Bunker (1933), David Duke (1950), Robert H. Jackson (1892), and Sean Flynn (1941).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Jesse Jackson ranks 39. Before him are Coretta Scott King (1927), Edna Parker (1893), George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Louise Bryant (1885), and Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899). After him are Lucretia Mott (1793), Clara Barton (1821), Russell Means (1939), Abbie Hoffman (1936), Samantha Smith (1972), and Leonard Peltier (1944).

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