Jesse Lee Peterson

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The Reverend Jesse Lee Peterson (born May 24, 1949 in Midway, Alabama) is the president and founder of The Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny (BOND), a group dedicated to promoting responsible fatherhood amongst African Americans.

Peterson is a television personality, hosting the Jesse Lee Peterson Show, which is produced and shown by God's Learning Channel. He also hosts the nationally syndicated, conservative "Jesse Lee Peterson Show" radio talk show on the Information Radio Network weekdays at 5PM-5:30PM Eastern.

His organization operates several programs, including: the BOND Home for Boys, After School Character-Building Program, Entrepreneur Program, Inmate Rehabilitation Program, and counseling services.

Peterson established the annual “National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson” event.

Peterson is a member of the advisory board of Project 21[1], an African American conservative organization, and a board member of the California Christian Coalition. Peterson strongly opposes affirmative action and supports strong family values. Though not as much recognized, his affiliation with Sean Hannity helps BOND's popularity and endorsements.

On January 17, 2006, Jesse Lee Peterson, et al., v. Jesse Jackson, et al. (BC 266505) will go to trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court after a ruling the previous week by Judge George H. Wu. Judicial Watch filed the 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. On January 27, 2006, a Los Angeles jury rejected Peterson's claim that Jesse Jackson had threatened him at a business meeting four years ago. The jury also found Jonathan Jackson did not hit Peterson, but split evenly (six to six) on whether he threatened an assault. The judge could dismiss that claim with prejudice, but if does not, Peterson could sue again.

On 28 January 2006, Rev. Peterson made news again with comments made at a student panel discussion at the University of California, Irvine on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. He referred to Islam as an "evil religion" and stated that Muslims extremists hate America [2]. His comments caused a furor, with police removing two audience members to prevent a physical altercation. [3]

The Reverend Peterson also stirred up controversy in September of 2005, when he penned a column for the conservative World Net Daily in which he accused black people stranded in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina of being "welfare-pampered," "lazy" and "immoral." [4]

[edit] Books

• 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] External links

• BOND - "Rebuilding the Family By Rebuilding the Man"

• Moral Poverty is the Problem in New Orleans, Not Lack of Money, Says Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

• Media Matters report on Jesse Lee Peterson

• Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Challenges NAACP on Bond Nazi Statements

• Project 21 - National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives