Jesse Jackson
Jesse Jackson United States Shadow Senator from the District of Columbia In office January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997 Preceded by Seat established Succeeded by Paul Strauss Personal details Born Jesse Louis Burns (1941-10-08) October 8, 1941 (age 73) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. Political party Democratic Party Spouse(s) Jacqueline Brown (1962–present) Children Santita Jesse, Jr. Jonathan Yusef DuBois Jacqueline Lavinia Ashley Laverne (with Karin Stanford) Alma mater University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Chicago Theological Seminary Religion Baptist Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born Jesse Louis Burns; October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He is the founder of the organizations that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. Jackson was also the host of Both Sides with Jesse Jackson on CNN from 1992 to 2000.