On The Record #34: April talks to Jesse Jackson

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Reverend Jesse Jackson arrives at the March of Dimes "Celebration of Babies: A Hollywood Luncheon" at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP)
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King, and Ralph Abernathy. The 39-year-old Nobel Laureate was the proponent of non-violence in the 1960's American civil rights movement. King is honored with a national U.S. holiday celebrated in January. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly)
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated at approximately the same place. From left are Hosea Williams, Jesse Jackson, King, and Ralph Abernathy. The 39-year-old Nobel Laureate was the proponent of non-violence in the 1960’s American civil rights movement. King is honored with a national U.S. holiday celebrated in January. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly)

Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks with April Ryan on the reviving and passing the anti lynching laws as well as the latest with President Trump and efforts to get out the vote in 2018.

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan

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