Interview with Poet Michael Tommer
Interview with Poet Michael Tommer as he discusses his volunteer work with the F. L. Schlagle high school poetry slam team and band. He also discusses his history as a…
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Democrats: We must better explain what it means to be a Dem
By KEN THOMAS Democrats are struggling to answer a simple question — “What’s a Democrat?” — and must do a better job of explaining their core values to voters, according…
BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS Series, Ananda Lewis
By Glenn Frizell BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS, FEB. 20: Ananda Lewis is an American television personality, model, and social activist. Lewis was born in 1973 in Los Angeles, California to…
BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS Series, Max Robinson
Glenn Frizell BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS, FEB. 10: Max Robinson was the first African American broadcast network news anchor in the United States and one of the founding members of…
BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS Series, Percy Ellis Sutton
Glenn Frizell BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS, FEB. 13; Percy Ellis Sutton was a prominent black business and political leader. He became an entrepreneur whose investments included the New York Amsterdam…
BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS Series, Bernard Shaw
By Glenn Frizell BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS, FEB. 14: Bernard Shaw is a American journalist and former CNN news anchor. Shaw was born in May of 1940 Chicago, Illinois and…
BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS,Series, William Venoid Banks
By Glenn Frizell BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS, FEB. 15; William Venoid Banks was the founder, President and General Manager of the first black-owned and black-operated television station, WGPR-TV in Detroit…
BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS Series, Stuart Orlando Scott
Glenn Frizell BLACK HISTORY, NOTABLE BROADCASTERS, FEB. 16; Stuart Orlando Scott was an American sportscaster and anchor on ESPN, who was well known for his hip-hop style and use of…