predecessor successor birth_name birth_place children religion party office birth_date term_start spouse image article_title term_end name alma_mater
seat established paul strauss jesse louis burns greenville , south carolina , u.s. santita ashley laverne -lrb- with karin stanford -rrb- jesse , jr. jonathan yusef dubois jacqueline lavinia baptist democratic party united states shadow senator from the district of columbia 8 october 1941 january 3 , 1991 jacqueline brown -lrb- 1962 -- present -rrb- jesse jackson 2013.jpg jesse jackson
 january 3 , 1997 jesse jackson university technical state university chicago theological seminary of illinois , urbana-champaign north carolina agricultural and
jesse jackson

jesse louis jackson , sr. -lrb- born jesse louis burns ; october 8 , 1941 -rrb- is an american civil rights activist , baptist minister , and politician .
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 .
