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The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching And My Life In Baseball By Willie Randolph chats with Dr. Alvin

Willie Randolph Click Here To Listen From a dusty diamond in Brooklyn to the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium, Willie Randolph has always loved the game of baseball, and over the course of his storied career, he has amassed a remarkable list of accomplishments—All-Star second baseman, World Series champion, manager—but, above all, he has been a Yankee. For almost thirty years, Randolph was a part of Yankee lore and mythology, whether playing with the legends Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson and witnessing the infamous Bronx Zoo at its rowdiest, or coaching as the Core Four of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada rose to fame and ushered in a new era of [...]

By |June 10th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Sports|Comments Off on The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching And My Life In Baseball By Willie Randolph chats with Dr. Alvin
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Edwin & Nikki Graves Henderson of Tinner Hills Blues Festival 2014 Falls Church, VA chats with Dr. Alvin

Tinner Hill Click Here To Listen The Tinner Hill Blues Festival is the only three-day event in Falls Church. There are all kinds of blues for all ages, all weekend, all over town. For more information visit http://tinnerhill.org/blues-festival.

By |June 9th, 2014|African Americans, Music, Performing Arts, Poetry, Travel|Comments Off on Edwin & Nikki Graves Henderson of Tinner Hills Blues Festival 2014 Falls Church, VA chats with Dr. Alvin
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Businessman First By Maurice W. Dorsey chats with Dr. Alvin

Maurice Dorsey Click Here To Listen   A biography remembering Henry G. Park, Jr. 1916-1989 capturing the life of a businessman who was African American. His Park Sausage firm was the first African American business owner to issue stock on Wall Street.

By |June 9th, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Leadership|Comments Off on Businessman First By Maurice W. Dorsey chats with Dr. Alvin
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Michael Jackson, Inc: The Rise, Fall And Rebirth Of A Billion-Dollar Empire By Zack O’Malley Greenburg chats with Dr. Alvin

Zack O Malley Greenburg-M J Click Here To Listen The surprising rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of how Michael Jackson grew a billion-dollar business.   Michael Jackson is known by many as the greatest entertainer of all time, but he was also a revolutionary when it came to business. In addition to famously buying the Beatles’ publishing catalogue, Jackson was one of the first pop stars to launch his own clothing line, record label, sneakers, and video games—creating a fundamental shift in the monetization of fame and paving the way for entertainer-entrepreneurs like Jay Z and Diddy. All told, Jackson earned more than $1.1 billion in his solo career, and the assets he built in life have earned [...]

By |June 5th, 2014|African Americans, Business|Comments Off on Michael Jackson, Inc: The Rise, Fall And Rebirth Of A Billion-Dollar Empire By Zack O’Malley Greenburg chats with Dr. Alvin
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The Scorpion’s Sting: Antislavery And The Coming Of The Civil War by James Oakes chats with Dr. Alvin

James Oakes Click Here To Listen An award-winning historian illuminates the strategy for ending slavery that precipitated the crisis of civil war. Surrounded by a ring of fire, the scorpion stings itself to death. The image, widespread among antislavery leaders before the Civil War, captures their long-standing strategy for peaceful abolition: they would surround the slave states with a cordon of freedom. They planned to use federal power wherever they could to establish freedom: the western territories, the District of Columbia, the high seas. By constricting slavery they would induce a crisis: slaves would escape in ever-greater numbers, the southern economy would falter, and finally the southern states would abolish the institution themselves. For their [...]

By |June 4th, 2014|African Americans, History|Comments Off on The Scorpion’s Sting: Antislavery And The Coming Of The Civil War by James Oakes chats with Dr. Alvin
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This Day In Philadephia Sports By Brian Startare chats with Dr. Alvin

Brian Startare Click Here To Listen This Day in Philadelphia Sports offers a concise 366-day approach to looking back at the history of Philadelphia sports. Every day on the calendar is represented with a fun tidbit of information of what had happened on that specific date in the history of one of the greatest sports towns in the world: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Every page is filled with the recounting of specific events from the Phillies, Eagles, Flyers, and 76ers, as well as the local college and high school sports teams. The authors incorporate fun facts, specific information, and thoroughly researched statistical data into each entry. From the inception of the Penn Relays in 1895 to the [...]

By |June 3rd, 2014|African Americans, Biography, History, Sports|Comments Off on This Day In Philadephia Sports By Brian Startare chats with Dr. Alvin
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Candyman Actor Tony Todd Stars In Dust of War chats with Dr. Alvin

Tony Todd Click Here To Listen Dust of War world premiered last summer to enthusiastic audiences at Comic Con 2013, and screened as an Official Selection at the Thriller! Chiller! Film Festival, the Arizona Underground Film Festival, the Buffalo International Film Festival and the Trail Dance Film Festival, where it picked up awards for Best Feature Narrative and Best Director. The film, which was written and directed by Andrew Kightlinger, stars a slew of fanboy favorites including Tony Todd (Candyman), Doug Jones (Hellboy), Gary Graham (Alien Nation), Bates Wilder (Shutter Island), Jordan McFadden and Steven Luke and was produced by Luke Scuetzle and Adam Emerson.  

By |June 3rd, 2014|African Americans, Movies, Science Fiction|Comments Off on Candyman Actor Tony Todd Stars In Dust of War chats with Dr. Alvin
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Michael Jordan: The Life By Roland Lazenby chats with Dr. Alvin

Roland Lazenby-Michael Jordan Click Here To Listen Live From Salem, Virginia The Shrug. The Shot. The Flu Game. Michael Jordan is responsible for sublime moments so ingrained in sports history that they have their own names. When most people think of him, they think of his beautiful shots with the game on the line, his body totally in sync with the ball -- hitting nothing but net. But for all his greatness, this scion of a complex family from North Carolina's Coastal Plain has a darker side: he's a ruthless competitor and a lover of high stakes. There's never been a biography that encompassed the dual nature of his character and looked so deeply at [...]

By |June 2nd, 2014|African Americans, Biography, Sports|Comments Off on Michael Jordan: The Life By Roland Lazenby chats with Dr. Alvin
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Hunting The President By Mel Ayton chats with Dr. Alvin

Mel Ayton Click Here To Listen Live From County Durham, England In American history, four U.S. Presidents have been murdered at the hands of an assassin. In each case the assassinations changed the course of American history. But most historians have overlooked or downplayed the many threats modern presidents have faced, and survived. Author Mel Ayton sets the record straight in his new book Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts—From FDR to Obama, telling the sensational story of largely forgotten—or never-before revealed—malicious attempts to slay America’s leaders. Supported by court records, newspaper archives, government reports, FBI files, and transcripts of interviews from presidential libraries, Hunting the President reveals: •How an armed, would-be assassin [...]

By |June 2nd, 2014|African Americans, History, Politics|Comments Off on Hunting The President By Mel Ayton chats with Dr. Alvin
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