Black Book Talk

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Hosted by: 
Patricia Welch, Emma Jackson Ford, O.B. Hill
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Every first Thursday from 11:30 AM to 12:00 PM.

Monthly program featuring interviews and discussions of works by African American authors. Co-hosts Emma Jackson Ford, O B Hill and Patricia Welch review works in all genres by well-known and emerging authors. Occasional call-in shows allow audience members to talk directly to authors and/or share their opinions on works by Black authors.

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Topic tags: 
African American, Race, History, Humor, Education, Fiction, Arts/Culture, Activism
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Preserving Langston's legacy/author Renee Watson

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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     Portland-raised author and educator Renée Watson, now based in Harlem, is part of a collective working  to preserve and celebrate the legacy of Langston Hughes by leasing the Harlem brownstone where he lived and created during the last twenty years of his life. The I,T... Read more

Nikki Brown Clown

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Margaret Ellen Tolbert: Resilience in the Face of Adversity

Airs at: Thu, 06/02/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Before Margaret Ellen Tolbert, Ph.D., broke multiple racial barriers in the field of science, she first had to pull herself out of poverty. In her new book, “Resilience in the Face of Adversity,” she discusses her journey as an orphan in segregated Virginia to becoming the ... Read more

S. Renee Mitchell Interview (Encore broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 05/05/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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  Black Book Talk presents an encore broadcast of an interview with writer, actress, artist and teacher S. Renee Mitchell, who promotes community building in the arts. Read more

National Poetry Month

Airs at: Thu, 04/07/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Women's History Month

Airs at: Thu, 03/03/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Author Rosemary Reed Miller discusses book Threads of Time, the Fabric of History

Airs at: Thu, 02/04/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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The Threads of Time, the Fabric of History profiles African-American dressmakers and designers from 1850 to the present. Few Americans know that Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy's wedding dress was designed and created by a Black woman, Ann Cole Lowe.  The soon-to-be First Lady w... Read more

Alone Atop the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press.

Airs at: Thu, 01/07/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Interview with Carol McCabe Booker, editor of Alone Atop the Hill: The Autobiography of Alice Dunnigan, Pioneer of the National Black Press.   In 1942 Alice Allison Dunnigan, a sharecropper’s daughter from Kentucky, made her way to the nation’s capitol and a career in journ... Read more

Vivian Whitlow, Lift Every Voice and Sing

Airs at: Thu, 11/05/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Portland's Lillian M. Whitlow returns with Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing, an anthology consisting of short biographies of  outstanding African Americans.  The founder of the Maya Angelou Writers Guild profiles historical figures whose accomplishments span the worlds of music, s... Read more

Robin Coste Lewis on her New Collection of Poems, "Voyage of the Sable Venus"

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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The guest is poet Robin Coste Lewis, who talks about her new collection of poems, Voyage of the Sable Venus, a meditation on the black female figure throughout time introduces us to a brave and penetrating new voice. Robin Coste Lewis is a Provost’s Fellow in Poetry and Vis... Read more