Black Radio – Fascinating Info For Your Eyes & Your Ears
Check out this article about the re-release of a historic series exploring the history of Black Americans and radio.
PRX re-releases series exploring the history of Black culture through radio
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Celebrate: It’s Black Music Month!
June is busting out all over – and so is music! Celebrate Black Music Month – a designation initiated in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter – by checking out the following article from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, DC. You’ll want to break out the records (remember them?), tapes…
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Happy New Year – And Here’s An Illuminating Article About Unsung Civil Rights Heroes
I wish you all the best in this new year! Please check out a powerful article from the AARP Bulletin, about just three of the Americans who in their youth fought the good fight against segregation and discrimination during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. Left to right: Fred Gray, Charles Person…
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Honoring the Memory of Extraordinary Artist & Activist Harry Belafonte
On April 25, 2023, the world lost a gifted artist and committed activist – a man who was never shy about speaking (or singing) truth to power. With his passing, Harlem born Harry Belafonte joined his long time friend and fellow artist Sidney Poitier among the ancestors. Both men will be sorely missed. During the…
Dramatizing Richard Durham’s Life and Activism
Possibly the best portrayal of one of the roots of the “Black Lives Matter” movement you’ll ever see, takes place on Sunday November 8, 2015, “LIVE” At The Ebony Repertory Theatre in Los Angeles, California with Word Up! For Justice: The Life of National Radio Hall of Fame Inductee & WORD WARRIOR – Richard Durham Word…
The Peabody Award Winning Wade in the Water Series Now Lives Online!
Wade in the Water is a 26-part series, originally released in 1994, that celebrates African American sacred music and traditions. Listen to the episodes on NPR.org and NPR One. Twenty-five year ago, when Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions first aired on NPR member stations, the world was different. Many of the voices…
Exciting Word Warrior Paperback & Audiobook Sales Await!
The University of Illinois Press has the Puuuuurfect Holiday Sale for you this year! Use promo code WINTER18 to get 40% off all books – including Word Warrior: Richard Durham, Radio, and Freedom, my biography of a pioneering media writer. This sale ends on December 7, 2018. Richard Durham (1917-1984) was a lyrical and…