Dr. King outside the S.C.L.C. offices inAtlanta. WERD 860 is in the background. WERD 860 was the first radio station owned and programmed by African Americans. The station was established in Atlanta, Georgia on October 3, 1949. WERD Atlanta was the first radio station owned and operated by African-Americans. Jesse B. Blayton Sr., an accountant, bank […]
To mark the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday this year, WNYC is making available four interviews with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. that have never been released in their entirety. These interviews were conducted by reporter Eleanor Fischer for a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) documentary series entitled Project 62. She sat down with Dr. King in Atlanta in […]
WASHINGTON AP — Thousands of people gathered Sunday to give the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial a proper dedication on the National Mall after its opening in August. Aretha Franklin, poet Nikki Giovanni and President Barack Obama were among those who honored the legacy of the nation’s foremost civil rights leader during the ceremony… […]
Joyner says, “Black radio [back then] is no different than it is today… I just have a bigger platform. I’m local in 115 cities but I’m still local.” BlackAmericaWeb.com- On Aug. 27, the day before the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, the Rev. Al Sharpton and radio personality […]
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