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Don't Conflate MLK with Obama!

Airs at: Mon, 01/21/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for Old Mole Variety Hour
 In spite of the coincidence of Obama's inauguration for a second term as President with the celebration of Martin Luther King day, Obama is not the realization of King's dreams.  Clayton Morgareidge reads a commentary by Glen Ford from the Black Agenda Report.   Read more

Author Chrisetta Mosley, "Shop, Cook, Eat: Outside of the Box"

Airs at: Thu, 11/01/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
In her book Shop, Cook, Eat: Outside of the Box, author Chrisetta Mosley tells how she lost 170 pounds by stepping outside of the prepared food box. The goal is to help readers reconnect with their food and take control of their health in very own kitchen using whole, natur... Read more

Dr. David Imhotep discusses his book “The First Americans Were Africans”

Airs at: Thu, 09/06/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Author and academic Dr. David Imhotep discusses his book, The First Americans Were Africans which asserts that Africans were the first Americans and that they arrived 51,000 years prior to the Mongolians. “Africans not only came before Columbus, but were in the Americas lon... Read more

Author Veronica Faye, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking-The Savannah Wooten Case

Airs at: Thu, 08/02/2012 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Author Veronica Faye discusses her latest book, Gemini Jones: My Past Came Knocking – The Savannah Wooten Case.   The novel’s lead character, Gemini Jones, is a successful African-American attorney who manages a high-profile career while keeping her bipolar disorder in chec... Read more

Our Fathers Who Aren't In Heaven

Airs at: Tue, 02/11/2020 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for Stage and Studio
Dmae presents a Black History Month documentary, Our Fathers Who Aren’t In Heaven, produced by Michael Johnson. This half-hour piece originally aired in 1994 as part of Legacies: Tales From America, a 13-part series of multicultural personal stories produced by Dmae Roberts... Read more

Dr. Thabiti Lewis, author of Ballers of the New School : race and sports in America

Airs at: Thu, 12/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
      Dr. Thabiti Lewis, author of  Ballers of the New School : race and sports in America, shares insights into the realities of race in sport culture. Ballers of the New School is one of the first and best books to come along that effectively explains contemporary athlete... Read more

Journalist Carole Simpson's memoir, "Newslady"

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Newslady is the memoir of Carole Simpson a trailblazing African American woman journalist. Simpson was the first woman the first African American woman national network television correspondent, the first African American woman to anchor a national network newscast and the ... Read more

Mental illness and police accountability

Airs at: Mon, 08/29/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for More Talk Radio
Host Cecil Prescod speaks with Tyrone Waters, African American, native Portlander, and a certified life coach. Waters has written about his own negative encounters with members of the Portland Police Force. He will talk about his ideas on how to improve interactions between... Read more

Author Carla Peterson, "Black Gotham"

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, ... Read more

Author Jumata Emill Jones, "Never Dead"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for Black Book Talk
About Never Dead by Jumata Emill Jones Emerson McGee has spent most of his life living with a secret, and the first-year law student’s menacing struggle with his sexuality is only the half of it. His wife, Danielle, has her own scars, thinly veiled behind her upper-middle ... Read more