Don Jackson

Don Jackson is the founder and Chairman of Central City Productions, Inc., a national television production, sales, and syndication company based in Chicago.  The company's programs include the Stellar Gospel Music Awards, The Black Enterprise Report, the Know Your Heritage quiz show series; the Bud Billiken Back-to-School Parade, and Our World with Black Enterprise, formerly America's Black Forum. 

Mr. Jackson is a Chicago native who graduated from Marshall High School, where he played on the school's championship basketball team.  He attended Northwestern University on a basketball scholarship and was captain of the university's basketball team.  Mr. Jackson earned his B.S. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern in 1965. 

In 1984, he founded Central City Productions and dedicated his efforts to producing, marketing and syndicating TV shows geared toward minority audiences.  CCP is now a full-service company that produces, syndicates, and manages advertising sales for all of its programs.  With two decades of successful innovative television and marketing experience, CCP is the leader in black television. 

His community service includes serving as chairman of the board of the DuSable Museum of African American History and board member of the Gateway Foundation and Junior Achievement of Chicago.  He is also the founder and a member of Alliance of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs (ABLE) and holds a membership in the National Association of Television Production Executives, the Urban League, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and "N" Men's Club of Northwestern University. 

He is married to Rosemary Jackson.  They have two adult children; their daughter Rhonda is a graduate of Syracuse University, and their son Baba Dainja graduated from the University of Minnesota.