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February 2008 - Nation Books

I See Black People: The Rise and Fall of African American-Owned Television and Radio

A collection of intimate and frank conversations with broadcast and cable owners, large and small, this book addresses via poignant recollections the mystery of why so few minorities and women own media outlets in America.

Watch interview clips

March 2006 - Nation Books

Black Women's Lives: Stories of Power and Pain

Biographical portraits of women across the country, of various ages and economic backgrounds, from a secretly biracial organic dairy farmer in Bakersfield, Vermont, to a corporate executive and president of SoftSheen/Carson in New York City. Black Women's Lives went into its third printing within the first year of publication.

Read an excerpt

January 1999 - Oxford University Press

Color By Fox: the Fox Network and the Revolution in Black Television

Took readers behind the scenes of popular African American television productions such as “In Living Color,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” “Martin,” “New York Undercover,” “The Sinbad Show,” “Living Single,” “Roc,” and “South Central.” The book revealed the internal dynamics that prevented certain depictions from appearing on air.

 

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