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Jesse Lee Peterson Biography, Age, Politics, Political views, Racial views

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Robert Young

Updated on March 08, 2026

Jesse Lee Peterson Biography

Jesse Lee Peterson is an American conservative media personality, minister, and author. He is the host of The Jesse Lee Peterson Show a national radio show, and The Fallen State TV web series.

He was brought up by his grandparents, who he lived with, in Comer Hill, Alabama. His parents separated when he was very young and lived in Gary, Indiana, and East Chicago, Indiana. They eventually started their own separate families. Jesse lived for a while with his mother and stepfather in Gary when he was a teen. There, he went to Edison High but moved back to Alabama to his grandparents. In Alabama, he completed his high school and then moved to Los Angeles, California and attended Los Angeles City College.

Professionally, he is an activist, author, television and radio host, lecturer. He is conservative pundit, minister, author, and media personality. Jesse is also the founder of BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny). BOND is a non-profit religious group focused on young black men. He is also a part of Choose Black America that stands against illegal immigration to the United States of America.

Jesse is a board member of Project 21, a conservative African American organization and on the board of Accuracy in Media. He is also a former board member of the California Christian Coalition. Peterson also founded an annual “National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson” event, which lasted from 1999 to 2004. It always took place outside Jackson’s offices in Los Angeles.

He has faced criticism for a lot of what he stands for including his hatred towards Islam, his view on racism and how he believes that it doesn’t exist, among other things.

Jesse Lee Peterson Age

Jesse Lee Peterson was born on May 22, 1949, in Midway, Alabama, United States of America. He is 69 years old as of 2019.

Jesse Lee Peterson Politics

In 1989, he started his own janitorial service. He founded BOND (Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny), a non-profit religious group geared towards young black men in 1991. Peterson is a member of Choose Black America, an organization of African Americans who oppose illegal immigration to the United States. He is a member of the advisory board of Project 21, a conservative African American organization. He serves on the national advisory board of right-wing group Accuracy in Media and is a former board member of the California Christian Coalition. Peterson also established an annual National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson event, which lasted from 1999 to 2004, and which was held outside Jackson’s offices in Los Angeles. Peterson’s radio show, broadcast from WTSB, was simulcast on Newsmax TV until the end of 2018.

Jesse Lee Peterson Political views

Peterson penned a column for WorldNetDaily, in which he suggested the majority of the African-American people stranded in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina were relying on the government to save them on September 21, 2005. He called for the resignation of Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele, saying he was not conservative enough but that Republicans were afraid of firing a black man.

Jesse Lee Peterson Racial views

Lee is known for making controversial statements about race. The statements include: thanking God for slavery, claiming most black people are mentally retarded. The black people are mentally retarded for making babies out of wedlock and advocating sending black youth back to the plantation. He has also claimed that most black people on earth are being used to bring destruction and destroy everything sacred.