Dec 7, 2021

Today's program features the last part of an interview with Louise Leaphart James: an activist, journalist, writer, mother, aunt, and the sister of John Africa, the founder of the move organization. The interview was recorded in 2015. Ms. James died at the age of 90 in December of 2019. 

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Oct 25, 2021

Today's program features the last part of an interview with Dr. DuBois Williams Irvin, the grand-daughter of Dr. W.E.B DuBois. DuBois Irvin was largely raised by her grandfather W.E.B DuBois and her grandmother Nina Gomer DuBois in Harlem. Perhaps better than anyone, DuBois Williams Irvin provides a personal...

Sep 21, 2021

Today's program features the first part of an interview with Dr. DuBois Williams Irvin, the grand-daughter of Dr. W.E.B DuBois. DuBois Irvin was largely raised by her grandfather W.E.B DuBois and her grandmother Nina Gomer DuBois in Harlem. Perhaps better than anyone, DuBois Williams Irvin provides a personal...

Sep 14, 2021

Today's program features the second and final part of an interview with Queen Mother Estelle James, a leading figure in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities' League. She later married the Honorable Charles L. James, who became the President General of the UNIA. Listen...

Sep 8, 2021

Today's program features the first part of an interview with Queen Mother Estelle James, a leading figure in Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities' League. Listen to Estelle James provide her memories of Marcus Garvey in the 1920s from her family's early involvement in...