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At age five Dr. Bailey became aware of a calling to help struggling Black youth better their lives. Focus and motivating power were added by his profound pain from high school classmates—most with brilliant minds or with world-class athletic skills--dropping out of school and "vanishing." During subsequent educational, medical training, and orthopaedic surgical practice years, innumerable personal attacks from Euro-American racist made it clear to Dr. Bailey the variety and magnitude of problems faced by Blacks; the things required of ambitious Blacks to rise above poverty; and the overwhelming difficulties associated with trying to provide effective help to the truly needy.

In the 1980s Dr. Bailey started an intense research into learning about the minds of today's Black Americans, of African American slaves, and of the brilliant Ancient Africans (particularly before 2100 BC when there was pure African Thought in Africa-- and especially around 5500 BC). He learned how slave owners took away the slaves ability to think and converted their sound African belief system into a self-defeating delusional mindset. These mental afflictions were culturally transmitted into their today's struggling descendants.

Dr. Bailey's researched information is published in medical textbooks; in medical journal articles; in his weekly column (for over 13 years) in Black newspapers; in magazines that solicited his articles; in classroom teachings (e.g. universities, the Los Angeles Conservation Corp); in lectures; in workshops; to mentors; to Dr. Bailey's mentees; to the Cub and Boy Scout troops he has instituted in the Black communities; to individuals; to various organizations; on his popular website: jablifeskills.com (which is visited by at least 88 countries around the world) and in his 17 recent books.

Each book discusses solutions for several of the 34 racism related categories which burden the minds of all struggling Black Americans. These solutions are grounded in the Sankofa Concept—i.e. returning to the Ancient African Values of Truth, Goodness, Harmony, Wisdom, Beauty, and Wholism (universal Unity). He encourages "everybody" in all communities to unite and to do a little bit every day to make things better for themselves and others.

Dr. Bailey is the first African American to establish an endowed chair in the California State University system. This chair, at California State University Los Angeles (CSULA), has subdivisions of the American Communities Program (which examines the impact of transitions from heritage cultures to American culture and values) and the African American Experience Fund. The latter supports humanities activities that increase an understanding and appreciation of African American history, culture, achievements, personal experiences, and contributions to American and world culture.

Dr. Bailey had donated a building in San Bernardino, California to be used as an African American museum; has sponsored a Saturday Science Program for elementary school students in South Central Los Angeles; and has provided grants to the CSULA Charter College of Education project (to develop educational materials for inner city youth of all ethnic groups).

In the medical field, Dr. Bailey is world recognized for writing the classic orthopaedic textbook on Dwarfs -- entitled "Disproportionate Short Stature, Diagnosis and Management" (Sanders, 1972); for his Medical-Legal Dictionary; and for over 30 articles on orthopaedics and especially Self-Esteem in Black Americans. He is an inventor of several orthopaedic devices and operations; is on the clinical faculty at the UCR/UCLA Division of Biomedical Sciences at the University of California, Riverside; and is a graduate from Morehouse College (B.S. degree) and Meharry Medical School (MD degree).

Dr. Bailey's present efforts are directed towards providing educational curriculum for Black youth (emphasizing Ancient African history, African American Slavery history, the history of Black American culture, critical Values, and life skills); setting up Reading Programs and Career Fairs for Black Boys; bringing together and assisting independent local self-help programs; and partnering with established foundations dedicated to helping struggling youth.

Dr. Bailey's motto: Create, Enhance, and Maintain Harmony.