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.

http://kboo.fm/BlackBookTalk
Topic tags: 
African American, Race, History, Humor, Education, Fiction, Arts/Culture, Activism
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KBOO Stream 1
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Octavia's Brood, Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

Airs at: Thu, 09/03/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Whenever we envision a world without war, without prisons, without capitalism, we are producing speculative fiction. Organizers and activists envision, and try to create, such worlds all the time. Walidah Imarisha and adrienne maree brown have brought twenty of them togethe... Read more

Renee Mitchell guests

Airs at: Thu, 08/06/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Renee Mitchell shares what it means to be Black, a woman and a spoken word artist in Portland.  Hear them read from their works and speak of their experiences as creative women in this city.  She will also let people know about Spit/Write, the Portland Youth Poet Laureate P... Read more

It All Begins with "I": the New Rules of Thinking by author Stuart K Robinson

Airs at: Thu, 07/02/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Author Stuart K Robinson challenges us to overcome boundaries that limit possibility in It All Begins with 'I': the New Rules of Thinking.  Whether it's finishing school, finding a new job, adjusting to retirement or being stuck at a personal crossroads, It All Begins with ... Read more

BATTY BWOY by Max-Arthur Mantle

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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The coming of age story of Mark Palmer, a black, gay, Jamaican where "Boom bye bye inna batty bwoy head" (meaning, gunshot to gay men) has replaced the island's motto "Out of many one people." The son of an overbearing, absentee, neglectful mother, he is thrust in an enviro... Read more

David Dante Troutt, "The Price of Paradise"

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Patricia, O.B. and Emma speak with David Dante Troutt about his book, "The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America." David Dante Troutt is Professor of Law and Justice John J. Francis Scholar at the Rutgers University-Newark Law ... Read more

Debrena Jackson Gandy

Airs at: Thu, 04/02/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Debrena Jackson Gandy is a two-time national best-selling author of Sacred Pampering Principles(HarperCollins) and All the Joy You Can Stand (Random House), and her newest book, The Love Lies.  She is a transformational Speaker; Love Relationships Mentor; Business Consultan... Read more

Renee Watson, This Side of Home

Airs at: Thu, 03/05/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Maya Younger and her identical twin sister, Nikki, have always agreed on the important things. Friends. Boys. School. They even plan to attend the same historically African American college. But nothing can always remain the same. As their Portland neighborhood goes from ro... Read more

Kimberly Moreland discusses history of Blacks in Oregon

Airs at: Thu, 02/05/2015 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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    Oregon Black Pioneers Board member Kimberly Moreland discusses African Americans of Portland and Perseverance: A History of African Americans In Oregon’s Marion and Polk Counties, both published by the Pioneers organization.   She also invites listeners to view "Racing ... Read more

Are We There, Yet? The Ultimate Challenge

Airs at: Thu, 12/04/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Martin Davis, author of Are We There Yet? The Ultimate Challenge provides his blue print of  what People of Color need to do in order to change their  standing in American society. The book delivers anoutline that speaks directly to the ills black  people are facing today i... Read more

William Wells Brown, An American Life

Airs at: Thu, 11/06/2014 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
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Born into slavery and "rented" out in adolescence to a succession of steamboat captains, William Wells Brown (1814–1884) ended his life as an accomplished writer and activist.  A hugely popular speaker on antislavery circuits (both American and British), Brown went on to wr... Read more