African American

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

Author Sabur I M, Journey into a Man’s Broken Heart.

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Black Book Talk starts its "summer reads" series with an interview with novelist Sabur IM. This Gen-Xer discusses his book Journey into a Man’s Broken Heart with co-hosts Emma Jackon Ford and Patricia Welch. Says IM, "I always heard people say, 'It's better to have loved a... Read more

MALCOLM X: A Life of Reinvention

Airs at: Mon, 05/16/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: More Talk Radio

MALCOLM X: A Life of Reinvention Hosts Cecil Prescod and Celeste Carey speak with Kevin Doughten, an editor at Viking Penguin, about the new book MALCOLM X: A Life of Reinvention, by Manning Marable. MALCOLM X was ten years in the making and draws from multiple untapped ... Read more

Avel Gordley talks about her memoir "Remembering the Power of Words"

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill and Emma Jackson Ford speak with former Oregon State Senator Avel Gordley about her memoir Remembering the Power of Words. Avel Gordly is the first African American woman elected to the Oregon State Senate. Remembering the Power of Words is t... Read more

William Pepper on the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng speaks with William Pepper, an American lawyer who practices international human rights law, about the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4th, 1968. Pepper was present at Martin Luther King's April 4, 1967 Riverside Church speech in which Ki... Read more

Lisa Nichols, author of NO MATTER WHAT! 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love

Airs at: Thu, 03/03/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

The guest is Lisa Nichols, author of NO MATTER WHAT! 9 Steps to Living the Life You Love. In NO MATTER WHAT!, Lisa presents the plan to inspire readers to create the lives they deserve. The NO MATTER WHAT! program is achieved through nine steps, or muscles --including yo... Read more

Novelist Jacqueline E. Luckett: "Searching for Tina Turner"

Airs at: Thu, 02/03/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

The guest is Jacqueline E. Luckett, author of "Searching for Tina Turner." In the novel Lena Harrison Spencer is in her mid-fifties, and the time has come for her to face the hard truths of what it means to have it all and still find oneself unfulfilled. When Lena determ... Read more

Portland Film Critic David Walker on Culture and Race

Airs at: Wed, 01/26/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Wednesday Talk Radio

Hosted by Lisa Loving This year marks the 15th anniversary of Portland film critic David Walker’s acclaimed Black Culture blog, BadazzMofo. To celebrate, host Lisa Loving invited Walker to talk about his new book of essays, "Why’s the Brotha Gotta Die?," delving into one o... Read more

Black Book Talk on 12/02/10

Airs at: Thu, 12/02/2010 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Hosts Emma Jackson Ford and O.B. Hill review good books by black authors. CD-2024 Read more