Jesse Lee Peterson
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| Born | May 22, 1949  Midway, Alabama |
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| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation | Minister, author, columnist |
| Title | Reverend |
| Political party | Republican |
| Religious beliefs | Christian |
| Website Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny |
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Jesse Lee Peterson is president and founder of The Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny (BOND), an American group dedicated to promoting responsible fatherhood amongst African Americans. He has hosted a cable TV program and a syndicated radio talk show. He is a member of Choose Black America, an organization of African Americans who oppose illegal immigration.[1]. He is a member of the advisory board of Project 21, an African American conservative organization, and former board member of the California Christian Coalition.[2]
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[edit] The Brotherhood Organization
The Brotherhood Organization operates several programs, including: the BOND Home for Boys, After School Character-Building Program, Entrepreneur Program, Inmate Rehabilitation Program, and counseling services.
[edit] Radio Show
Jesse Lee Peterson hosted the nationally syndicated, conservative "Jesse Lee Peterson Show" radio talk show on the Information Radio Network until December 30, 2005.[3] The show can still be heard as an internet-only stream[3]
[edit] Cable TV show
Peterson hosted the Jesse Lee Peterson Show, which was produced and shown by God's Learning Channel.
[edit] Controversial Opinions
Peterson has established the annual “National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson” event.[4]
On September 21, 2005 Peterson penned a column for WorldNetDaily, in which he suggested that some of the African-American people stranded in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were "welfare-pampered," "lazy" and "immoral." Peterson also criticized New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin for blaming President George W. Bush for his lack of response to the crisis, stating that "responsibility to perform legally and practically fell first on the Mayor of New Orleans." [5]
On February 28, 2006, as a member of a student panel discussion at the University of California, Irvine on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Peterson described Islam as an "evil religion," and argued that extremist Muslims "hate us [America] because we are a Christian nation and we support Israel."[6] The event was sponsored by the United American Committee and College Republicans, and gained national attention for the controversy and confrontation associated with it.[7]
[edit] Jesse Jackson Lawsuit
On January 17, 2006, Peterson was a party to the case Jesse Lee Peterson, et al., v. Jesse Jackson, et al. (BC 266505), in Los Angeles County Superior Court, after a ruling the previous week by Judge George H. Wu. Judicial Watch filed the civil lawsuit against Jackson, his son Jonathan, and others on behalf of Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, who was the alleged victim of a physical and verbal assault at an event hosted by Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. in December 2001.[8]
On January 27, 2006, a Los Angeles jury dismissed all of the counts except one, in which the jury deadlocked . The parties settled the remaining charge out of court.[9]
[edit] Books
- Seven Guaranteed Steps to Spiritual and Financial Success (1998)
- From Rage to Responsibility: Black Conservative Jesse Lee Peterson and America Today ISBN 1-55778-788-3
- SCAM: How the Black Leadership Exploits Black America ISBN 0-7852-6331-4
[edit] References
- ^ Choose Black America
- ^ WorldNetDaily. Jesse Peterson.
- ^ The Jesse Lee Peterson Radio Show.
- ^ The Nation Magazine The Minister of Minstrelsy March 24, 2005
- ^ WorldNetDaily. Moral poverty cost blacks in New Orleans. September 21, 2005.
- ^ FoxNews.com and Associated Press. Calif. Campus in Uproar Over Muslim Cartoons. March 1, 2006. NOTE: AP later retracted the item quoted in the Fox story, saying, "In a March 1 story, The Associated Press reported that during a panel discussion the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson said all Muslims hate America. Peterson called Islam an "evil religion" but the story should have made clear he was referring only to Muslim extremists when he said, "These folks hate us because we are a Christian nation and we support Israel.""
- ^ UnitedAmericanCommittee.com. The Unveiling of the Cartoons & A Discussion To Confront Terror: A panel discussion at U.C. Irvine.
- ^ Judicial Watch press release: [1]
- ^ Judicial Watch statement on jury verdict [2]
