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Episode 2001
Armed to Vote pt. 1
With another major election coming November 2004, are your prepared to cast your vote for the individuals you believe are best suited to lead your city, state, and nation? Hear what North Carolina leaders say are the pressing issues to help target your research as you familiarize yourself with the candidates.
GUESTS
Skip Alston, president, North Carolina NAACP
Kerra Bolton, head of the Raleigh Bureau Asheville Citizen Times
Atty. Daniel T. Blue, Jr. website is www.tbsf-law.com
For information on the candidates, visit the North Carolina State Board of Elections. For continuing coverage on the races in North Carolina, visit UNC-TV's Election Web site.
Other Links:
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Republican Party
Committee for a Unified Independent Party
Episode 2003
Airing Dirty Laundry
Many were shocked at the remarks made by actor/comedian/producer Bill Cosby before the NAACP at a gala celebration of Brown vs. Board. Find out how North Carolina opinion leaders interpret his commentary.
GUESTS
Cash Michaels c.michaels@mindspring.com- Editor and chief reporter for The Carolinian
Delores Smith-Wiley djaeskew@aol.com - President of the Winston-Salem Urban League
Episode 2004
Future Black Men
Reports today often cite statistics on health, crime, education, and economics that paint a grim picture of the future for young African American men. In response to the apparent need for intervention, many groups turn to mentoring as a way to recapture and rebuild these youth. Mitchell Lewis talks to several African American men who’ve headed mentoring programs to find out what works, what doesn’t, the shortage of manpower in fueling such programs.
GUESTS
Daron Sellars – Vice President of Operations for 100 Black Men of the Triad
Antoine L. Medley – Executive Director of Future Black Men of America, Inc
Darryl X McKenzie – Author of the novel Black, White, and Easy , a book about relationships between young men and older men, and also a Management Information Systems Specialist with the North Carolina Department of Transportation. He also facilitates the state agency's mentoring program.
Episode 2005
College Male Mentoring
A statewide program funded by the Governor’s Crime Commission in the North Carolina Department of Crime Control is designed to increase the graduation and retention rates of minority males attending community colleges. Mitch Lewis talks to program coordinators and participants to find out what makes the Minority Male Mentoring (3M) program work.
GUESTS
Pamela Little – Associate Director of Student Development Services at the North Carolina Community College System
James Imes – a student in the 3M program attending Mitchell Community College
Manuel Dudley – Director of General Education at Mitchell Community College and a coordinator within the 3M program
Press Release about the Minority Male Mentoring Program
Episode 2006
Author Tim B. Tyson
This native North Carolinian’s book Blood Done Sign my Name tells in appealing narrative the story of a racially motivated murder that took place in Oxford in the 1970’s. Natalie Bullock Brown talks with Tim Tyson about his emotional journey to writing the story and about issues of race, sex, and southern living that laced this tragic story about the unatoned for killing of a black man—a crime committed by the father of one of his childhood friends.
GUEST
Timothy B. Tyson teaches Afro-American studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He’s currently a fellow at the National Humanities Center. His Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams and the Roots of Black Power (1999) won the OAH James Rawley Prize and was cowinner of the Frederick Jackson Turner Prize. He is author, mostly recently, of Blood Done Sign My Name (2004) and coeditor, with David S. Cecelski, of Democracy Betrayed: The Wilmington Race Riot of 1898 and its Legacy (1998), which won the Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights.
Episode 2007
Loving the Unlovable
According to a Justice Department report released in 2003, the U.S. prison population surpassed 2 million for the first time in our nation's history. More alarming, perhaps, is the fact that about 10.4% of all African American males in the United States between the ages of 25 and 29 were incarceratedat the end of 2002 (compared to 2.4% of Hispanic males, and 1.2% of white males). With so many black men in prison, some black women may feel as though they're losing potential mates to the prison system. However, there is a contingent of women throughout the country who are not losing their men to the prison system because they are choosing to stick by them. Natalie Bullock Brown talks to two of these women about their decision and how they've been treated by society as a result of their choices.
GUESTS
Jaki McCalvin - author of the book What Happens When Brothers Go to Prison and Leave Sisters Alone," and the wife of an incarcerated man. You can contact Jaki at www.sisterpublishing.com
Queen Sweeper - a minister in Greensboro, and founder of a support group for the wives and girlfriends of incarcerated men called Women With Incarcerated Husbands/ Women of Children With Incarcerated Fathers. (Click here to read her autobiography)
Contact: Minister Queen E. Sweeper
Women With Incarcerated Husbands
P.O. Box 36314
Greensboro, NC 27416
incarceratedhusbands@yahoo.com
336-988-6869
The "Women With Incarcerated Husbands/Women With Children of Incarcerated Fathers" support group headed by Minister Queen Sweeper meets every 1st Monday of the month at
New Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Multi-Purpose Building
306 S. English St.
Greensboro, NC 27406
Episode 2008
Forgiving Incarcerated Parents
The North Carolina Department of Corrections reported, as of October 2004, there were roughly 35,000 inmates in the state prison system. Over 12,600-male and female-reported having children, and the total number of children reported was 27,138. Some of these kids have both parents in prison. Sixty percent of the inmates are African American. With the strong likelihood that a child who has an incarcerated parent will also wind up behind bars, it's important that anyone within reach of that child understand what measures they can take to prevent that from happening. Natalie Bullock Brown talks with guests about this issue, how all members of society can play a part in making sure this doesn't happen, and a program that reunites children with their incarcerated fathers.
GUESTS
Scottie Barnes - the founder of Forgiven Ministry www.Forgivenministry.org
Ronald Andrea Eddings - an ex-offender who spent 10 years in and out of North Carolina prisons and estranged from his children. Through the help of Forgiven Ministry, he became reconciled with his children and today is a successful full-time student at Catawba Valley Community College and President of the student body there (Click here to read his autobiography)
Eureka C. Daye, LPC, LMFT, LMHP - a licensed mental health practitioner, licensed marriage and family therapist, and Vice President of Behavioral Link in Raleigh for at-risk youth. Behavioral Link 4312 Bland Rd., Raleigh NC 27609.
Episode 2009
Wanted: Minorities in Health Care
A report from the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Science shows African Americans, Hispanics, and other minority groups are grossly under-represented in the health care workforce. Yet, these groups are often the very ones most adversely affected by diseases and other health concerns. Mitchell Lewis talks to guests to find out about a program designed to help increase the number of minorities entering health care professions here in North Carolina.
GUESTS
Dr. Carolyn Mayo, Director of the North Carolina Health Careers Access Program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a practicing speech language pathologist.
Robert M. Seldon, III, DDS, MS - an orthodontist in Huntersville, North Carolina with Selden Orthodontics, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Orthodontics at the UNC Dental School.
Annbec DeShields - a Junior at UNC-Chapel Hill who is currently participating in the Health Careers Access Program.
For more information on the North Carolina Health Careers Access Program, contact them at nchcap@email.unc.edu.
Episode 2010
Aerobatics Ace Jamail Larkins
Twenty year old Jamail Larkins is credited as America's youngest air show pilot, and he's CEO of an aviation sales and advertising company he started at age 15. Jamail recently visited North Carolina schools to deliver his inspiring success story and message to "follow your dreams." He talks to Natalie Bullock Brown about his journey of flight.
Episode 2011
Inside Organ Donation
Nationwide, African Americans comprise 35% of waiting list for those awaiting kidney transplants. In North Carolina, African Americans are 63% of the list. So why aren't there more African Americans donating organs when its African Americans who are the ones in greatest need? Natalie Bullock Brown demystifies the organ donating process and why it's so important for African Americans to get involved.
GUESTS
Bettye Hargrove - Bettye received a kidney transplant in March of 2002 after enduring years on dialysis. Bettye is also a member of the Speakers Bureau for Carolina Donor Services.
Debbie Mann-Gibbs, Public Relations Manager for LifeShare Of The Carolinas, a non-profit organ procurement organization based in Charlotte that serves many counties in North and South Carolina
Dereck Mushayamunda – a family support coordinator with who works with donor family members through Carolina Donor Services in their Winston Salem office.
For national and state statistics on organ donation, visit The United Network for Organ Sharing
For more information about organ donation call LifeShare Of The Carolinas at
1-800-932-GIVE/4483 or Carolina Donor Services at 1-800-200-2672
Episode 2012
Minority Contractors
Four years following approval of the UNC 3.1 billion dollar Higher Education Bond and many dollars worth of new construction on UNC campuses, how have minority construction companies fared? Mitch Lewis examines this question with black general contractors and representatives from the University of North Carolina’s Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB Centers), which is part of the State Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses (HUB Office).
GUESTS
Tammie Hall - Director of the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program at North Carolina Central University.
HUB Office
North Carolina Central University
1801 Fayetteviile St. Durham, NC 27707
(919)530-6168
Garland Burton, Jr. - Program Director of HUB at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
HUB Coordinator
Facilities Planning and Construction
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(919) 843-3241
Shari Harris - Assistant Vice President for Finance at the University of North Carolina General Administration Office of the President
The University of North Carolina
910 Raleigh Road
P.O. Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27515
919-962-4601
Mark Bullock - President of Bullock Building Company Incorporation located in Durham
Bullock Building Company Inc.
304 South Elm St
Durham, NC 27701
(919) 680-4366
OTHER RESOURCES
Learn about Minority Participation in Construction Projects
Status of the 3.1 Billion Dollar Higher Education Bond Construction Projects
Learn About the University of North Carolina 16 campuses
List of University of North Carolina Contacts
Learn About the North Carolina Community College System
Episode 2013
Medical Home
Is it possibly to have all of your healthcare needs met under the roof of one medical facility? The American Academy of Pediatrics not only says yes but encourages patients to seek and expect this form of care called a "medical home." Natalie Bullock Brown talks with pediatricians to learn more about this concept and how it's being modeled at Guilford Child Health in Greensboro.
GUESTS
Dr. Laura Gerald, MPH - Consultant with Community Care of North Carolina. Dr. Gerald also works with rural communities in Robeson County. 919-733-2773 PO Box 10245, Raleigh, NC 27605.
Dr. Peter Morris, MPH - President of the North Carolina Pediatric Society and Medical Director of Wake County Human Services. 919-250-3813
Dr. Marian Earls, FAAP – Medical director for Guilford Child Health, Inc., also on the clinical directors for Medicaid for the state, secretary for the state Pediatric Society, and a sub-specialist board certified in developmental and behavioral pediatrics. 1046 East Wendover Ave, Greensboro, 27405, telephone 336-272-1050
Episode 2014
Black Slave Owners & Free Blacks
Empowered Slaves: Landowners, Artisans, and Black Slave owners.” We’ll open with a brief story about Thomas Day and follow with a discussion about Black slaves who helped build well-known North Carolina landmarks.
GUESTS
Heather Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. Williams is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and currently teaches a course on African American Life and Culture in Slavery. She has also recently published a book on the struggle for education among slaves in the south. Click here to send email
Loren Schweninger, Ph.D.
Dr. Schweninger is the Elizabeth Rosenthal Excellence Professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the Director of Race and Slavery Petitions. His most recent book, co-authored by John Hope Franklin, will appear in the summer of 2005. Titled In Search of the Promise Land: A Slave Family in the Old South. Dr. Schweninger’s book is published by Oxford University Press and is part of a new series by Oxford. The Race and Slavery Petitions Project: In the summer of 1991, Loren Schweninger, a professor of history, began traveling the South visiting courthouses and state archives in search of legal petitions related to race and slavery. He expected to find dry facts buried in legal terminology. What he actually found was a wealth of new information about peoples' lives and circumstances between the American Revolution and the Civil War. The petitions portray, in vivid and personal terms, the contrasts, ambivalence, contradictions, ironies, and ambiguities that comprise southern history. He began a project that became a journey. You can follow in his footsteps.
Ben Speller, Ph.D.
A historic preservationist, he specializes in the interpretation of the African American experience in plantation life, and president of the Historic Hope Foundation in Windsor. The Historic Hope Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, owns and operates the Hope Plantation http://www.albemarle-nc.com/hope/, the 1803 Palladian mansion of former North Carolina Governor David Stone (1770-1818), and the King-Bazemore House, a 1763 structure significant for its gambrel roof and brink end walls, as well as a spacious visitor center and a small research library. Both homes are furnished with period pieces and are open to the public for tours and educational programs. The visitor center houses the library and some exhibits on the Stone family and 19th century Bertie County life and is available for meetings, programs, and social functions. Historic Hope Foundation maintains these facilities for the benefit of the public to illustrate and interpret agrarian life in eastern North Carolina 1760-1840 and the heritage of the Roanoke-Chowan Region.
Episode 2015
Residuals of Slavery
North Carolina scholars talk about the residual effects of slavery using the slave narrative as a window to observing the African American community during slavery.
GUESTS
Freddie L. Parker, Ph.D. - head of the Department of History at North Carolina Central University. Dr. Parker has published two books on slavery in North Carolina - "Running for Freedom: Slave Runaways in North Carolina, 1775-1835" and "Stealing a Little Freedom: Advertisements for Slave Runaways in North Carolina, 1791-1840." He has also published book reviews in the North Carolina Historical Review; was appointed by Governor Mike Easley to the North Carolina Historical Commission; and serves on the North Carolina Highway Marker Committee, the Advisory Board of the North Carolina Museum of History, and the African American Project Advisory Board at Tryon Palace.
Clyde O. McDaniel, Ph.D. - Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
Heather Williams, Ph.D.
Dr. Williams is an assistant professor in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and currently teaches a course on African American Life and Culture in Slavery. She has also recently published a book on the struggle for education among slaves in the south.
Episode 2016
Social Security Reform
The President of the United States recently visited North Carolina to rally support for a proposal to remedy what the White House is calling "the social security crisis." In this episode, Mitchell Lewis talks to representatives from the North Carolina Justice Center and the Republican Party to find out what's being proposed and how it may or may not benefit citizens.
Episode 2017
Iraq: One Soldier's Experience
American troops have been in Iraq fighting the war on terrorism for nearly two years. There has been much discussion about why they're there, who they are fighting, and when it will be over. But some of us just want to know, what is it like? Sergeant Benny McKoy shares his experiences with host Mitch Lewis.
Episode 2018
The Superwoman Syndrome
Businessownership, marriage, motherhood, and more. The millennium woman can have it all, or can she? Natalie Bullock Brown asks the authors of “Balancing Work and Life.”
GUESTS
Cheryl Mayberry McKissack - founder, president, and CEO of Nia Enterprises
Sheryl Huggins - editor-in-chief of NiaOnline and vice president of information services of Nia Enterprises.
Opening comment by Lynn Khalfani, “The Money Coach”
Episode 2019
Unlikely Survivors of Domestic Violence
A lot of us probably think we know what domestic violence is, and what we'd do if ever confronted with it. Yet violence occurs at least once in two-thirds of all marriages. And an estimated 3 to 4 million American women are abused each year by their husbands or partners. Experts say education and awareness are key to prevention. Three survivors share their experiences.
GUESTS
Tanisha Bagley – Tanisha Bagley is an author, public speaker, entrepreneur and advocate for victims and survivors of domestic violence. She is also the founder of E.N.S.H.R.I.N.E. (Everyone Needs Support, Help Respect, Inspiration, Nourishment and Empowerment), a non-profit organization that provides safe housing, financial support, job training, mentoring and counseling for women and children who have been victimized by domestic abuse and violence.
Marcus Harris - Marcus is a domestic violence survivor and president of the Lady Oya Foundation, a non-profit that provides scholarships to survivors of domestic violence
Kenn I. Hicks - Kenn Hicks has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Sociology from Winston Salem State University in North Carolina, and a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Kentucky. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and an Approved/ Certified Domestic Violence Counselor.
North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Episode 2020
Payday Lending: Who's Responsible?
These days consumers tend to get excited when they can make a major purchase like a car or a home at the low interest rate of 6 or 7%. So why are so many consumers apparently excited about taking out loans at periodic interest rates of 30% and annual rates of up to 400%? That is pretty much the loan rate you are looking at when you choose to obtain a payday loan. According to a study by the Center for Responsible Lending there are 385 payday loan shops in the state. Where are they located? The study shows neighborhoods that were at least 42% African American had seven to eight payday lending stores for every 100,000 residents. Neighborhoods that were less than 4% African American had one to two stores per 100,000 residents. Despite efforts in 2001 to shut down these loan institutions, they still thrive in the name of serving the needs of consumers. The question tonight is, are they helping or hurting? Mitch Lewis explores the issue with a panel of guests.
Episode 2021
When Crosses Burn
The state and nation were recently rocked by the report of three crosses set afire in three different locations in Durham. Now that the shock has worn down, what needs to happen in the coming weeks, months, perhaps years, not only to prevent this type of act from recurring, but to address the underlying issues signified by this act. Producer Deborah Holt sits down with members from the State and Durham City Human Relations Commission to share with us conversations and strategies that are taking place as a result of the burnings.
Episode 2022
An Education Lottery: Whose Gamble?
Overcrowded classrooms, test scores, and the academic achievement gap are just a few factors that continue to make the state of education a top concern among North Carolinians, and its leadership. Would a state-run lottery to help fund public school construction, programs and more, calm some of these educational concerns, or create new issues? Host Natalie Bullock Brown is joined by state legislators, educators, and opinion leaders for a discussion of the issues.
GUESTS
Representative Bernard Allen (D)
Representative Paul Stam (R)
View Rep. Stam's statement and financial assessment about the lottery
Eddie Davis, President of the North Carolina Association of Educators
David Mills, Executive Director of the Common Sense Foundation
HB1023 - North Carolina State Lottery Act
Senate Bill 622
Episode 2023
NC Black Leaders in Politics
After years of silence on what direction to take to improve conditions for black North Carolina, the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus has designed and released a written agenda under the leadership of the caucus' newly elected president Representative Beverly Earle. This group is distinct from the North Carolina Black Leadership Caucus, a group of concerned community activists, public officials, clergy and others working together statewide to seek equity for all Black North Carolinians. And these two groups are distinct from the Congressional Black Caucus, which is an organization of black members of the U.S. House of Representatives formed in 1969 to address the legislative concerns of Black and minority citizens. In addition to the missions they share, they also share the challenge of and of newly appointed or elected leaders. Tonight, Natalie Bullock Brown talks to these and other leaders to find out what they've outlined as a strategy for taking black North Carolina into the future, and how or if they plan to work together to do it.
GUESTS
Representative Beverly Earle (D) - Chair of the North Carolina Black Caucus.
Carnell Robinson - a retired educator and now Chair of the North Carolina Black Leadership Caucus
Keith Sutton, President of the Triangle Urban League
Click here to view a copy of the North Carolina Legislative Black Caucus agenda
Click here to view a copy of the North Carolina Black Leadership Caucus agenda
Click here to view a copy of the Triangle Urban League agenda
Episode 2024
A Black Educator's Viewpoint
Hear what African Americans who've worked in the trenches of the North Carolina public schools have to say about teacher pay, the minority achievement gap, parental involvement, end-of-grade testing, No Child Left Behind, and teacher professional development.
Episode 2025
Alternative Remedies for Health
With African Americans resting on the lower rungs of the health and wellness ladder, is it time to consider alternative remedies for treating stress and other health disorders? This is a discussion of some of the alternatives that are working for some North Carolinians.
GUESTS
Dr. A. Kweku Andoh - a British educated ethnobotanist, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London and the author of several books on ethnobotany and natural healing. For information about Dr. Andoh, visit www.Moringahealing.com.
Dr. George Wesley Tyler - a Chiropractor at the Back and Neck Center Of North Raleigh
Judith Carroll - a food educator who works with public schools to teach children how to prepare good foods that taste good. She's also a self-taught herbal practitioner.
Dr. Almaz A. Smith - a family medicine doctor at Duke Family Medicine with interests in nutrition and exercise in health, preventive medicine, and the mind and body connection to health.
Resources
The National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Blacknificent Books
For information on sickle cell disease, visit the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.
Episode 2026
1960's Young Revolutionaries
The Civil Rights Movement is arguably one of the greatest social change movements ever to hit our nation. Much credit goes to the young men and women--high school and college students--who chose to participate in the sweeping Sit-ins and student demonstrations of the 1960’s. Many are familiar with the act often credited as the kick-off of that movement—the now famous Woolworth’s lunch counter sit-in by four North Carolina A&T students on February 1st, 1960. Not as well-known are the activities of students who attended two smaller, private colleges in Raleigh…Saint Augustine’s College and Shaw University. In this edition, Mitchell Lewis gets the stories of two individuals who are alumni of those schools and participated in the historic student demonstrations of the 1960’s.
GUESTS
Barbara Woodhouse - a 1963 graduate of Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh and one of the first 13 arrested in North Carolina in the student demonstrations movement. She was also among the first group of black teachers to integrate Virginia Beach public schools.
Mack Sowell -- a 1964 graduate of Shaw University, and currently an administration official at Shaw. Sowell demonstrated numerous times in the student sit-in movement and in 1963, while serving as president of the student government association at Shaw was not only arrested but jailed. Sowell is currently Special Assistant to the President for Enrollment Management at Shaw.
For more information on the Civil Rights Movement in Raleigh, visit http://www.raleighcitymuseum.org/
For information about "February One" the documentary about the "Greensboro Four" visit www.pbs.org/independentlens/februaryone
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