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The African American Hour
by Audio-Reader
Audio-Reader‘s weekly pod with news and information on black and African-American issues of culture, politics, entertainment and sports.
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Ep 192 - Juneteenth Advocate's Memoir, MLK III on Fatherhood, Are Black Church Choirs Dying?
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, KC Next Page, Texas Monthly, Fort Worth Report, and USA Today. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 191 - Miss Teen KS to Compete in National Competition, Books for Black Music Month, Creator of Critical Race Theory Memoir
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from WordInBlack.com, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The New York Times, BBC, and Kansas Community Voice Newspaper. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 190 - Guide to the World Cup, Why Melanin Isn't a Shield, More Black Men Are Tuning Out Major Media Outlets
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Ebony, Time, Blavity, Huffpost, Andscape, The Root, and The Grio. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 189 - Voting Rights Act Changed Georgia, Rodeo Fuels Revival in Historic Black Town, Robert Woodsen Obituary
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Boston Globe, and The New York Times. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 188 - SPLC Leader Pleads Not Guilty to Fraud Charges, NAACP Scholarship, Should Black Britains Play African Americans?
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Baltimore Afro American, Taipei Times, The Guardian, The Journal of American History, and The Associated Press. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 187 - ATL Firm Faces Discrimination Investigation, USDA Cancels $300 Million Program, The Black Caucus Is the Conscience of Congress
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Washington Post, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Observer, FreeNews.com, The Associated Press, Black Agenda Report, and Politico.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 186 - Review of new MLK Jr. Biography, Essential Black Books, Black Comic Books
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Dig, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and AAIHS.org. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 185 - Kansas City Public Schools making strides in graduation rate, Is Your Joint Pain Actually A Bone Spur?, Rihanna makes history again by breaking RIAA singles certification record
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Ebony, Voice Health News, The Beacon KC, Blavity, Andscape, and The Grio. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 184 - Introduction and 1st Chapter of the Book "The First Eight", Review of "The First Eight"
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Washington Post and from the book titled "The First Eight". This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 183 - Black Out Loud book review, Black Farmers Shut Out of Trump Event, 1st Group of Black Lawmakers in Georgia Remembered
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA Today, nola.com, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 182 - Mackenzie Scott Donates $42 Million to HBCU, 5 Black Churches Receive Million Dollar Grants, Atlanta's DAs Work to Change the Game
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution, MississippiToday.org, Canada History Magazine, Religious News Service, The Houston Defender, The Washington Post, and People magazine. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 181 - What Does Marriage Look Like for This New Generation?, America’s Birthrate At Record Low, Unrivaled Gives Lisa Leslie Space to Impart Wisdom
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Ebony, Voice Health News, The Beacon KC, ANDSCAPE, The Washington Post, and The Grio. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 180 - The Delta Dream Flight, Delta's 1st Black Flight Attendants, Challenger Disaster 40 Years Later
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution and Christian Science Monitor. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 179 - Only 5% of American Doctors are Black, Rod Page Obit, An American Fugitive from Slavery in Britain
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution, BBC History, Associated Press, Baltimore Afro American, Wordinblack.com, and Scientific American. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 178 - 100 Yr Anniversary of Black History Month, 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, DEI Work That Saved Lives
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 177 - Inspiration for Generations of Black Dems, Key Political Quotes of Jesse Jackson, How Jackson Touched Ireland With His Energy
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from the The New York Times, The Irish Independent, The Chicago Sun-Times, The British Independent, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and Stars & Stripes. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 166 - Erin Jackson -- Gold Medal Winner, Working Homelessness in KC, Lagos to Lombardi
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The AP, The Beacon KC, Blavity News, Ebony, The Root, The Grio, and News One. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 165 - How One Place Shaped Generations, Black Athletes & the Nazis, Billy Bates Nelson Obit
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from the Wichita Community Voice, The New York Times, and The Associated Press. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 164 - Claudette Colvin Obit, How the Red Scare Erased a US Icon, The Midwife of Black Nationalism
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from the BBC, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and reuters.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 163 - Black History Month, Lincoln and Douglas's Complicated Relationship, An Excerpt from new Douglas Biography
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from History.com, Forbes, and the unpopulist.net. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 162 - Miami Lawyers Navigate Legal Landscape, MLK Day and Juneteenth Could Be Restored as Nat'l Park Fee-Free Days
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Miami Times, the AP, and binnews.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 161 - Trump Releases FBI Files on MLK Jr., Excerpt from new MLK Biography, The Long and Unrelenting Battle to Establish MLK Jr Day
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Independent, Non-Profit Quarterly, and Mentalfloss.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 160 - Lincoln University Receives $25 Million Donation, 2025 W.E. Dubois Medal Recipients, Viola Fletcher Obit
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Journal of Black Higher Education, The New York Times, The Oklahoma Newspaper, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, and The Philadelphia Tribune. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 159 - Timelessness of Christmas Spirituals, Kwanzaa -- What is It and How is It Celebrated, Origins of New Year's Day Food Traditions
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from news.web.baylor.edu, Southern Living, History.com, Chatanooga Free Times Press, Parents.com, and The Independent. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 158 - The History of Mac n Cheese, Short Story by Langston Hughes, Afro Carribean Christmas Traditions
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The New York Times, Pew Research Center, Essence, and The Windsor Star Newspaper. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 157 - Founder of "Cowboys of Color" Has Died, Black WWII Veteran Plaque Removed, Black Modernist Architects
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Baltimore Afro American, Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper, San Francisco Examiner, Dallas Morning News, Newsweek, and Black Enterprise. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 156 - Top 50 African American Podcasts (and ours is included!), Why Black Middle Class is Still Struggling, New Black-Led Movies in Theaters in 2025
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Voice, Afro News, The Voice of Black Cincinnati, and BET. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 155 - $400 Million Raised to Train Black Doctors, National Regristry Listing for Resting Place of Emmett Till, Black Communities Are Taking On Big Tech
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from actnews.com, Kansas Reflector, Capital B News, nola.com, and blackenterprise.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 154 - Mackenzie Scott Donates $40 Million to Preserve Black History, ATL's 1st Black History Museum Finds New Light, The President Who Re-Segregated the Federal Gov't
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The New York Times, Time Magazine, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 153 - Meet the 5 Black MacArthur Grant Recipients, Misty Copeland Hangs Up Her Point Shoes, The Slow Painful Decline of Black Celebrity Activism
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from New York Times, wordinblack.com, Travel Noir Magazine, Salon, and the AP. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 152 - NASA Class First in 40 Years Without Black Recruits, Oposing Views on Million Man March, 'Black Arms to Hold You Up' Book Review
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from New York Times, The Root, wordinblack.com, and Mashable. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 151 - Overwhelmingly White Administration Dismissing High-Ranking Black Officials, The Root is Black-Owned Again, How to Keep KY's Black-Led Farms Alive
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Blavity, Philadelphia Daily News, nextcity.com, and The Atlanta Journal Constitution. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 150 - Assata Shakur Obit, George Hardy (Tuskegee Airmen) Obit, The Life of Tennis Champ Althea Gibson
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Baltimore Afro American, The Guardian, The Independent, The New York Review of Books, sdvoice.info, and The New York Times. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 149 - Have $ Gains Outgrown Value in HBCU Football?, $55 Million Gift Still Boosts Atlanta HBCUs, Unlocking Sickle Cell Mysteries
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Baltimore Afro American, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, The Houston Defender, and The New York Times. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 148 - Trump Shifts Millions to HBCUs and Tribal Schools, Center Receives Diversity Award, Better Access to Tech May Help African Americans Bridge Healthcare Gap
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlantic, Dayton Daily News, Medical Express News, St Louis American, USA Today, and The New York Times. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 147 - Victoria Mboko: Has a New Star Been Born, Lees Summit Schools Serve Growing Number of English Language Learners, 25 Year Old Opens Don's Laundry in NYC
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Voice, Beacon KC, The Root, News One, Blavity, The Grio, and andscape.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 146 - ATL is Higher Ed Mecca for Black Students, Making Black Students Feel Validated, Millions Return to Schools This Month Struggling With Strained Resources and Divisive Culture Wars
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Howard University Newspaper, UC Berkeley News, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and The New York Times. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 145 - Malcolm Jamal Warner Obit, Improving Colorectal Cancer Treatment for Black Americans, 'Black Genius' Book Review
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The New Yorker, The Guardian, Medical Express News, Kirkus Reviews, and The New York Times. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 144 - Legacy Rooted in Vision & Family, Smurfs Director on Rihanna's Role, Paris Unveils Mural of Josephine Baker
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Voice, Ebony, The Root, News One, AP, The Grio, and Black Girl Nerds. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 143 - Fans Criticize Beyonce, Black Kids Are More Likely To Drown, Black Americans are Moving to Ghana
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from USA Today, Blavity.com, New York Magazine, The Guardian, and the Associated Press. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 142 - Sly Stone Obit, Opal Lee on Road to Recovery, What Tariffs Mean for Braids and Wigs
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Dallas Morning News, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2190.com, and Hollywood Reporter. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep141 - Only Black All-Female WW2 Unit Honored, Uncle Sam's New Message to Young Black Americans, Nat'l African American Museum Faces Uncertainty
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Washington Post, The New York Times, and Smithsonian Magazine. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 140 - Black Catholics React to New Pope, We Now Know Number of Enslaved Africans Trafficked Across Atlantic, How Black-Owned Luxury Brands Are Winning
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from Essence, National Cancer Institute, BBC History, New York Review of Books, New York Times, and BlackCatholicMessenger.org. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 139 - Spellman College Pageants Go Viral, Focus on Healthspan vs. Lifespan, Airyl Deniro Comes Out as Trans Woman
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Voice, Ebony, The Root, News One, and Black News. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 134 - HBCUs Ponder Their Future Amid Cuts, Georgia State Receives Grant to Preserve Gullah/Geechee Heritage, Patois is Not Broken English
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper, Medical Express News, The Guardian, Black Agenda Report, and afro.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 133 - Pope Leo XIV's Creole Heritage, Savannah's Black Newspaper, Kidney Disease in Black Community
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper, MSN.com, Pittsburg Post Gazette, Vogue, Yale Book Review, and AP.com. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 132 - America's Longest Black-Owned Radio Station Celebrates, Harry Edwards Isn't Done Just Yet, "The Dead Are Arising" Book Review
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper, ESPN Magazine, and The Kansas City Star. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 131 - Black Paternal Health Week, How Romantic Relationships Effect Mental Health, Post Eaton Fires
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Voice, Ebony, The Root, News One, The Beacon KC, The Grio, and Blavity. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep 130 - One of America's Wealthiest Black Communities, Why the Black American Origins of Mac and Cheese is So Hotly Debated
Byron Buckner shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Atlanta Journal Constitution Newspaper, Tallahasse Democrat Newspaper, Atlanta Journal Constitution, NYT Magazine, Bon Appetit, The Guardian, and BBC News. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Ep129 - The Black Women of Black Wall St, Best Exercises for Hip Arthritis, How Will Tariffs Impact America?
Rosemarie Onwukwe shares selected stories of news, politics, arts & culture from The Voice, Ebony, The Root, News One, WISN/ABCTV, The Black Wall St Times, The Grio, and Blavity. This content is intended for individuals who are blind or print-disabled.
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Audio-Reader‘s weekly pod with news and information on black and African-American issues of culture, politics, entertainment and sports.
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