African American

Black Power and Soul Music

Airs at: Mon, 03/25/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Clayton Morgareidge talks with radical musicologist Brad Duncan about Black Power as the radicalizing of what had been the more integrationist civil rights movement, and about the roots of soul music in gospel and R&B. They discuss the role of music in preserving cultural m... Read more

Author Jonathan R. Miller discusses mystery thriller, Delivery

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Author Jonathan R. Miller writes literary fiction thrillers that include multicultural or biracial characters and themes. His latest work, Delivery, features a biracial Somali man who is blinded while defending his daughter. Ambojeem, the protagonist, settles in the rel... Read more

Author Clinton Galloway, "Anatomy of a Hustle: Cable Comes to South Central L.A"

Airs at: Thu, 05/02/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

HBO. CNN. BET. These cable stations have revolutionized our television viewing experience and our culture as a whole. In 1979, cable was still an emerging technology, but one that brothers Clinton and Carl Galloway knew was worth pursuing. The Galloway brothers, both y... Read more

Author Cheryl Waiters on her memoir, "Blood, Sweat, and High Heels"

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Hosts Patricia Welch, O.B. Hill, and Emma Jackson Ford speak with Cheryl Waiters. In her inspiring memoir, "Blood, Sweat, and High Heels," Cheryl Waiters chronicles her struggles and victories as an African American female working to overcome gender and racial biases in the... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Hosted by Joe Clement, this show covers recent developments in Italian politics, experiences in public healthcare, challenges to voting rights laws in the Supreme Court, and why economic justice is an issue for LGBT activists. To hear the whole show, use the play button be... Read more

Voting Rights and the Supreme Court

Airs at: Mon, 03/04/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Justice Anthony Scalia has compared civil rights-era voting legislation to welfare entitlements, as if protecting the right to vote were a "government handout". Well Read Red Frann Michel looks into the challenge to this legislation that has now reached the Supreme Court. Read more

Dr. Yolanda Whyte Speaks on the Effects of Fluoridated Water on Children

Airs at: Tue, 02/12/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Lecture Room

Yolanda Whyte, MD, is a pediatrician from Atlanta, Georgia, who has given several speeches characterizing fluoride as a health risk to children, African-American and Hispanic communities, and people with diabetes and kidney disease.Here is her lecture at Portland State Univ... Read more

Hasan Salaam Interview

Airs at: Thu, 02/14/2013 at 12:00am

Produced for: Between Us

Hasan Salaam is a poet, musician and political activist. Thanks to a strong mom and grandmother, this emcee has a lot more on his mind than beats. Don Merrill talked with Hasan Salaam as he was touring through the Pacific Northwest, and in advance of a series of presentat... Read more

Two special events with Hasan Salaam in Celebration of Black History Month

KBOO is proud to sponsor two special Black History events at Portland State University, on Thursday February 21st featuring east coast emcee, educator and community organizer Hasan Salaam. First is a multi-media presentation on the history of Black music titled, “ From Spir... Read more

Kimberly Stowers Moreland , author of "African Americans of Portland, a pictorial history"

Airs at: Thu, 02/07/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Guest Kimberly Stowers Moreland is the author of African Americans of Portland, a pictorial history. From hundreds of black and white and sepia-toned photos, Moreland pieced together a slice of the local African American narrative, one that reflects how prior to World War ... Read more