Jesse Washington was a seventeen-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became...

Jesse Louis Jackson (né Burns; born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist, politician, and ordained Baptist minister. Beginning as a young...

1911 and the Cotton Palace. In May 1916, he was on the scene when Jesse Washington, a Black teenage farmhand, was lynched in front of a large crowd of...

anti-lynching campaign by the NAACP that began after the 1916 lynching of Jesse Washington. The flag was first flown after the lynching of A. L. McCamy in Dalton...

Jesse Winker (born August 17, 1993) is an American professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball...

Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang...

Jesse Ventura (born James George Janos; July 15, 1951) is an American politician, actor, and retired professional wrestler. After achieving fame in the...

of directors of Live Nation Entertainment. Paul wrote a book with Jesse Washington, Lucky Me: A Memoir of Changing the Odds, published in October 2023...

James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic...

Jesse Bailey Watters (born July 9, 1978) is an American conservative political commentator and television host on Fox News. He frequently appeared on...

Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on the May 1916 spectacle lynching of Jesse Washington in Waco, Texas, known as the "Waco Horror". In addition, she was active...

Jesse Bruce Pinkman is a fictional character in the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad, portrayed by Aaron Paul. He is a crystal meth...

Jesse Louis Jackson Jr. (born March 11, 1965) is an American politician and felon. He served as the U.S. representative from Illinois's 2nd congressional...

Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician. A leader in the conservative movement, he served as a senator...

Jesse Washington Carter (December 19, 1888 – March 15, 1959) was an American lawyer and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from September...

in his final film role) as an activist recounting the lynching of Jesse Washington; according to Lee, he commanded his crew on the day of filming Belafonte's...

June 1916 issue, the "Waco Horror" article covered the lynching of Jesse Washington, a mentally impaired 17-year-old African American. Du Bois included...

Jesse James Palmer (born October 5, 1978) is a Canadian television personality, sports commentator, and former professional football player who was a...

"U-Va. suspect Jesse L. Matthew Jr. twice accused of college sex assaults". Washington Post. Retrieved October 1, 2014. "UPDATE: Jesse Matthew's reckless...

Jesse Plemons (/ˈplɛmənz/; born April 2, 1988) is an American actor. He began his career as a child actor and achieved a breakthrough with his role as...

Jesse Sykes (born Jessica Ann Sykes, née Solomon; July 17, 1967) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her band Jesse Sykes & the Sweet...

either during or after a lynching. Byrd's murder was strongly condemned by Jesse Jackson and the Martin Luther King Center as an act of vicious racism. It...

high and reached a fever pitch in 1916 with the public lynching of Jesse Washington, who had been accused and summarily convicted of murdering a white...

Jesse Watters Primetime, known as Fox News Primetime from 2021 until 2022, is an American conservative talk show and current affairs program hosted by...

Jesse Duplantis is an American preacher from the Christian Evangelical Charismatic movement. He is based in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., and the founder...

Jesse Lee Peterson (born May 22, 1949) is an American conservative talk show host, political commentator and Christian minister. As a Black American raised...

The Time Jesse Johnson (New York lawyer) (1842–1918), U.S. Attorney and Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court Jesse Johnson (Washington politician)...

Jesse Lee Reno (April 20, 1823 – September 14, 1862) was a career United States Army officer who served in the Mexican–American War, in the Utah War,...

Jesse William Lazear (May 2, 1866 – September 25, 1900) was an American physician, best known for deliberately allowing a mosquito to bite him to prove...

Belafonte's character Jerome Turner speaks about its role in the lynching of Jesse Washington as the modern Ku Klux Klan led by Grand Wizard David Duke (Topher Grace)...