The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show

Dr. Ted Williams Closes out the Martin Luther King Jr. focus and what it means to Americans today. The conversation focuses on Kings “I have a dream speech“ and his study of Abraham Lincoln, as he caused America to task on the idea and premise of its founding document. It is a unique analysis and accepting that the struggle for America must never be abandoned and is forever nonviolent. 

Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey Joints, Jesse Jackson Jr, and Gina A.Towns as the Trump administration Withdrawals from 60 organizations, including the world health organization. 

Dr. King curator and weekly guest host, Dr Johnny Mack, and Jesse Jr weigh King’s Triple Evil threat on America’s historical scale where militarism has taken its toll in perpetuating racism, abroad and domestically, even right now as ICE is cleared to enter homes without warrant, in defiance of “the people’s constitutional rights. Once again, the unequal scale of justice displays a tilting weight....

Atiba and Jesse Jr engage a provocatively thought-provoking conversation posing the question of how we move forward considering King‘s triple threat observation - racism, military on materialism. Atiba poses the idea that we must move together while Jesse questions America’s stumbling block of racism as a foundational issue that cannot be ignored.

Rev Dr Todd Yeary ESQ puts paint strokes on the sketch that in motion, pointing out that America is not self-sustaining model and was not built that way. It requires relationships because it is consumption-based, and in this hour is getting full of herself. It needs the global economy and as Jesse Jr suggests, the forward motion represented by the many January 20th’s that featured our evolution…th...

James Felton Keith joined Dr. PL DeSilva and Jessie Jr in a reflection of Dr. King and the elimination of federal fines that have supported organizations doing great work. Responding to President Clinton’s call for someone needing to stand up in this day, They called on him and remain unafraid to speak out themselves. That call goes for all of us, as the European and Latin American view the U.S. i...

Attorney Barbara Arnwine came ready to talk about her pride in young people stepping up and the need to return to Dr King’s speeches for those who’ve never heard, as well as those who are very aware. 

Retired Judge and Pastor Wendell Griffen minced no words in his conversation with Jesse Jr on the unpopular MLK in the last year of his life, and the responsibility we bare right now because he was…we are. King, he says, was clearly a prophet, marked as the prophets of old. 

One of the most important days of the year for MLK curator, Dr. Johnny MACK And Jesse Junior to convene, and the subject? King’s speech, “Beyond Vietnam.” What we can clean from the Speech where King makes no apologies and admonishes everyone that they never really knew him, his ministry, or his message if they didn’t understand why he was against the war. A timely message for today. 

Grammy winner and Latin jazz flautist, Nestor Torres joins Jessie Junior and Atiba for conversation about the power of music and moving people towards Justice and building relationship beyond what we think we see. On the birthday of Dr. King, he was a drum major too, as he marched to the beat of the drum of his call. 

Dr Henia Dakkak stays over from the first hour to continue the longer history of Palestine and the long ordeal that is about land, faith, religion and the age old tale of love for God or money. Later, Jesse is joined by show producer and director, Gina A.Towns, and Rev, Dr Todd Yeary’s plane lands just in time for a profound word of hope that each one of us needed to hear at the midweek mark to ge...

Dr. Henia Dakkak joins Jesse Jr and Dr PL De Silva for some real talk about what’s still going on in The Gaza Strip. It’s not bombs, but the bombshell of starving, orphaned children, women dying in childbirth, disease with no health care - children not in school, no intention to help them rebuild, and people being left to die.

Activist policy, Liz King, joins Jesse Jr A conversation over the outrage that “might makes right” and the importance of knowing your rights, and the beginning of people walking away from the MAGA movement.

Rev. Teresa Hord Owens and Jesse Jr discuss the difference in character and in deference that billionaires can make as Bill Gates, the former spouse of Melinda Gates’ who funds her Foundation, give her another chunk of money for good use. Later, Haitian American and Red Cross volunteer, Millie Phaeton, gives a first-hand account of Haiti in 2010 and the current, continued struggle. 

Ernest Crim III and Jesse Jr conclude that there still may be some moral bones in the body of our Congress. Putting people first emerges from the inside of the body, now they will fight it out. With the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake of 2010 as a history lesson in Mr. Crime’s class, we can only hope that people remember the courage, the constant battle and the resilience of Haitians throughou...

Civic Strategies President, Diallo Brooks, joins Jessie Jr and Gina A.Towns for a discussion on the mothers who dawn movements that change trajectories…and the fear, fight and hope we take with us following their lead as we create the future in the right now. what we share with our children from history and how we encourage them to soberly move forward now matters. 

ICJUSTICEC President, Bishop Joseph Tolton joins Jr and Gina A. Towns with “freedom coalitions” fresh on his mind as he’s coalescing around Trump’s withdrawing of the US from 66 international organizations/treaties/agreements- the Permanent Forum for People of African Descent being one of them. Real talk…it’s the battle of a king…the wanna be kings and the times then, and now in the age of ICE, th...

Johnny Mack joins Jesse Jr on the weekly segment, “The World House,” where Kingian thought, philosophy, spirituality and the law meet to give us guide.” From Venezuela to Nigeria to LA and Chicago, our behavior presence of mind and heart matter in this moment.

Weekly contributor, Atiba, joins Jesse Jr in discussing the Minnesota mess-ups. It seems that what would be a quiet state keeps showing up in the national spotlight, with a push toward the bend of the nation’s moral arc. In the end, we are people…human beings with the same emotions and needs, with different roads on which we got there. 

Atty Barbara Arnwine is on the grind as she ofollows up on Jesse Junior‘s conversation With his brother Johnathan, Congressman to Congressman.

Congressman Jonathan Jackson joins Jesse Jr, for a candid conversation between brothers, well rounded with details about how the new  year starting and what we can expect. 

As President and General Minister of a major denomination, Rev. Terri Hord Owens says it plainly to Jesse Jr as they review footage of Americans across the country pouring into the streets for protest once again, as the new year dawns. This time, it's Venezuela and the multiple threats. Definitely need more churches to mobilize and turnout the vote! But this is an example of a toolkit that exists...

"It is still unbelievable" is the statement of the day as "Ernest Crim III in Mr. Crim's Class" spells out the millennial shock over the events of the 2025 Christmas Holiday and into the new year with Jesse Jr. It's not just bullying, it's a jaw-dropping display that has domestic and global implications. The "audacity" of the current administration must be matched with "audacity" among the people....

Liz King and Jesse Jr cover the jaw-dropping political landscape of 2025, the status into the 2nd year of a presidential term, and the position we start for ready…set …go in 2026. tty Barbara Arnwine, Professor PL DeSilva, and Professor and theologian, Ted Williams join Jesse Jr in what is surely one of the most reflective, engaging and hopeful conversations on where we are, what we can do and how...

Rev. Terri Hord Owens joins Jesse Jr, Atiba, Diallo Brooks. and Dr. Tenia Davis continue an engaging conversation on learning history, leadership, and the power of creating a legacy of literature, family and community where survival depends on it and thriving is because of it.