The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show

Celebrating the history of black music, Jesse Jackson Jr. welcomes multi-award winning, re-mixer songwriter and filmmaker, Marc E. Williams, and Heather Hayes, a musician in her own right and daughter of music legend Isaac Hayes, who helped lay the groundwork for the post civil rights era of black music that has served as the soundtrack of our lives. 

Senior Program Director, for the Education Equity Program at The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights to discuss the scathing four page letter, released by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) which put colleges on notice: Immediately halt all race-conscious policies and programming or risk losing federal funding. The Official Letter cited, among many things, “discrimin...

Rightfully, “love day” — Valentine’s Day —falls smack dab in the middle of Black History month. Where color dictates the buds of love, we choose a better way - the peace of a river or the flight of a dove. On this Valentine’s Day, Jesse Jackson Jr. spends time tilling the soil of our historical garden, rooting us in a protected path. Strolling through this colorful space, he plants many seeds - a...

Barbara R. Arnwine, Esq., President and Founder of the Transformative Justice Coalition joins Jesse in an analysis of Trump ally, Elon Musk’s increasingly prominent role as spokesperson, and global health and ethnic change agent on the world stage. Armed with his role as a “government efficiency expert” for our national agencies, he is clearly focusing on a personal and a broader, race-based agend...

Superbowl 2025 may be relegated to the history books...and yes...there is a rich history to recount in the 59th contest of America's favorite pastime championship. The game is over, but Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated performance at the famous Half Time Show" is still being absorbed and dissected, demonstrating why the Pulitzer Prize winning musical poet is increasingly cross-culture respected...

Political Scientist Commentator and Author. Influential Voice at the Intersection of Politics, Public Policy & History. Wilmer J. Leon III, Ph. D. and Jesse Jackson Jr chop it up like they are on a knife-blazing chef show. Dr. Leon, a Political Scientist whose primary areas of expertise are Black Politics, American Government, and Public Policy meets his call on the The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show...

Long time newspaper owners, Delmarie Cobb and Hermene Hartman join the Jesse Jackson Jr show. With a strong sense of what it would take to get us through, these two powerhouse journalist in the black community, reflect on our past, marvel on our present and provide a wide eye open vision of where we are headed, though they differ slightly on I hope for the path forward and the road ahead. They sha...

Tavis Smiley joined the Jesse Jackson Jr show for an unapologetic Review and discussion about the last 48 hours, from President Biden and Trump to the fires that continue to burn in Los Angeles. As always, Terrace Smiley keeps his station focused on justice, quality, and our fair share with his Partner in that gospel, Jesse Jackson Jr. The two talk this new radio venture and what to expect from th...

K.C. Choi, PhD, join the Jesse Jackson Jr show to discuss the commonalities of injustice and communities of color. With a little conversation and a whole lot of compassion, Communities, of various cultures, find that they likely have more in common than they have differences in what may keep them apart. When we converse, we find commonalities in our history and an appreciation for another culture,...

Dr. Michael Jones, famed cardiologist, discusses 70,000 medical professionals and doctors who faced legal trouble, served time, and needs the unconditional pardon of the president, in order to address health disparities in the Black community. 

While Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday today amidst the tide of emotion surrounding Monday’s national observance, Former Trump Attorney Michael Cohen joins The Jesse Jackson Jr Show to talk Forgiveness, Justice, and Reconciliation. In a monumental interview, Michael Cohen and Jesse Jackson Jr discuss President Biden’s hopeful pardon of 78 million debt-paid, time-served felons in the U...

If laughter adds time to your life, then the combination of George Willborn and host, Jesse Jackson Jr manage to tackle today’s news with a light-hearted look at what’s ahead, while keeping the wheels on the road, as they navigate a course of direction toward our best tomorrow at the corner of hope and resilience.

Jesse Jackson Jr welcomes his guest, Civil Rights Activist and Attorney, Barbara Arnwine. Arnwine is responsible for helping pass the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

Rev. Dr. (Moses) Bill Howard, a living legend of the Civil Rights Movement and a child of sharecroppers who has the wind of history at his back, joins Jesse Jackson Jr in a mature and thoughtful reminiscence of the Black community's historic faith and resistance in the face of oppression, to offer hope to today's tech-based generations who've only known progress, at this hour of our nation's anxio...

Jesse Jackson Jr hosts liberation scholar and theologian, Dr. Obery Hendricks in a discussion about his groundbreaking book, “The Politics of Jesus.” JACKSON considers this book a companion to both the Constitution and the Bible, as we consider its consequences for today and moving forward as essential.

Jesse Jackson Jr discusses the history and ideology of Howard Thurman as he impacts Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, with a specific focus on how Thurman’s enlightenment of thought and action impacts us moving forward in 2025.