Joe R. Hicks

Joe R. Hicks (July 1941 – August 28, 2016) was an African-American political commentator and community activist. He was vice president of Community Advocates Inc., and served as the executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission from 1997 to 2001, under Mayor Richard Riordan.

Hicks wrote for the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Jewish Journal, and National Review, and frequently appeared as a television commentator. He hosted a Saturday evening radio show on the Los Angeles radio station KFI; his final show was January 31, 2009. He was a regular contributor to Pajamas Media via their PJTV.com online video site, where he hosted a weekly show called "The Hicks File".

In 1996, he debated David Duke at California State University, Northridge over Proposition 209.

Hicks was the vice president of Community Advocates Inc., a political think tank based in Los Angeles. He served as a member of the California Advisory Panel to the United States Commission on Civil Rights. From 2006 to 2009, he hosted the "The Joe Hicks Show", a weekly Los Angeles radio talk show on KFI AM 640.

In 1991, Hicks became the executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded by Martin Luther King Jr., and served until 1997. He served as the executive director of the Los Angeles City Human Relations Commission, under then-Mayor Richard Riordan, from 1997 to 2001.

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