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Happy Summer and a Look at Black Radio!

Here’s hoping that you are staying as safe and as cool as possible during this sizzling summer! If you’re looking for some summer reading possibilities, you might want to check out the link below. It will take you to an article that I wrote about a radio series I had the pleasure of working on…

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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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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

(photo credit: Keisha Eugene) Greetings! Here’s wishing you all the best during this holiday season…and let me suggest that you might want to check out the latest edition of the Biographers International Organization’s Podcast Series. In it, distinguished author Maryemma Graham talks about her biography of the award-winning poet, novelist, and educator Margaret Walker. Click here to…

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California’s Hidden History of Slavery and the Case for Reparations

Did you know that the state of California had a history of slavery? If you didn’t know – and most people see California as a long time bastion of liberalism and freedom – then please check out the video below. It was spearheaded by one of my good friends and the ACLU of Northern California’s…

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Affirmative Action & Higher Ed – An Aural Case Study

About 25 years ago, in March 1998 to be exact, NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday aired a documentary I produced that explored how affirmative action policies in higher education admissions and hiring practices affected students, faculty and staff at a specific university from the 1960s through the 1990s. The piece, Affirmative Action and Higher Education: An…

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