From the Dance Floor to the Floor of the U.S. Senate with Kerry Gordy
From the Dance Floor to the Floor of the U.S. Senate with Kerry Gordy  
Podcast: The Jesse Jackson Jr. Show
Published On: Thu Jul 03 2025
Description: Music mogul, producer, and legal counselor, Kerry Gordy joined Jesse Jr in the first hour to talk entertainment - his Motown memories growing up, and his latest projects this month. While acknowledging the blessing of his legacy, Gordy recounts the sobering history of Black musical artists as they traveled the road of entertainment from absent royalties to the quest for respect that continues to this day. As we approach the nation’s Fourth of July celebration, Jesse and Kerry reflected on the struggle that still meets artists at the same time that the US Senate continued to debate the final measures of the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Here’s where Tuesday’s weekly series, “On the Grind with Barbara Arnwine” took the baton and ran with the very real, and sobering assessment of how devastating this legislation is to the 17 million Americans whose struggle will intensify when the cuts- that effect essential aid from health care to hunger - take their bite.