The African American Hour

Ep 82 - College Board Revises AP Black Studies Class, Kwanzaa 12-26-2023, The Color Purple’s Evolution

Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Voice, Blavity, Ebony, AP, and National Today. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 81 - Quindero Ruins Receives Million Dollar Donation, Black Woman Architect at Top of Field, America’s Black Attorneys General Discuss Race, Politics, and the Justice System

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from New York Times, Southbend Tribune, AP, Time, and Kansas City Star. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 80 - Fighter Pilot Assumes Top Military Post, National Cathedral Replaces Confederate-Honoring Windows, James McBride Wins Kirkus Prize

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Washington Post, USA Today, AP, and Santa Fe New Mexican. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 79 - Why So Many Black Americans are Moving Abroad, Black Americans Remain Deeply Skeptical of News Media, Disparities Remain an Obstacle in Health Equity in Eye Care

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from aandscape.com, Opthamology Times, The Richmond Times Dispatch Newspaper of Virgina, Insider.com, Smithsonian Magazine, Inc. Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 78 - Interview with Toni Townes-Whitley, Black farmers’ long fight for economic justice, Forging Connections: DNA from enslaved workers

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Time, Recon Report, Science Magazine, Fortune, and Inc. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 78 - Oldest Survivor of Tulsa Massacre Still Waiting for Reparations, One of the Most Powerful Women in Finance, Why Black Audiences Love Italian-American Screen Icons

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from American Banker Magazine, Vanity Fair, NY Review of Books, and Washington Post. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 77 - Apollo Theater’s Bobby Schiffman Obit, Victims of Secret Cold War Era Spraying Seek Compensation, How a Court Answered a Forgotten Question About Slavery’s Legacy

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Boston Globe, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Annapolis Maryland Capitol Gazette, Harvard Review, Morning Poem Newspaper of Allentown PA, Time, New York Times, and deadline.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 76 - Is Oak Lawn Wichita’s Forgotten Neighborhood?, Richest NFL Players, Favorite Audio Books Narrated by Black Voices

Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Wichita Beacon, The Voice, Wichita Journalism Collaborative, Blavity, Ebony, The Root, and The Brio. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 75 - Kingdom Quarterback Book Review, Deion Sanders’ CO is Black America’s Team, The Forgotten Radicalism of The March on Washington

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Pitch KC Magazine, Andscape.com, New York Times, Associated Press, and Bon Appetit. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.

Ep 74 - Dismantling Racism in Nursing, How a Key Phrase from Islam Became a Pillar of Hip Hop, JC Nichols Pioneered Racial Covenants in KC’s Surrounding Enclaves

Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Poets & Writers Magazine, Slate.com, New York Review Magazine, Houston Chronicle, Modern Healthcare Magazine, New York Times, and Newsweek. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.