This edition: Rod Rodgers
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Original tape date: May 10, 2000.In this edition, Dr. Brown talks with Rod Rodgers who is the creator and Director of the Rod Rodgers Dance Company. Mr. Rodgers carries on the work of his parents, which enables their legacy and contribution to the arts to be an emblem of modern African American culture. Rod Rodgers’ contemporary dances are mixtures of pure entertainment and a prominent desire to help people understand the struggle African Americans have had to endure in this country.
Guest List
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Director, Urban Education Policy Center, CUNY Graduate Center.
Rod Rodgers Creater/Director, The Rod Rodgers Dance Company
- Danny Simmons, artist and museum sponsor
- Tuesday, October 6 - 6:00am
- William H. Burgess III, pres., The Burgess Group
- Wednesday, October 7 - 6:00am
- Thursday, October 8 - 6:00am
- Monday, October 12 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, October 13 - 6:00am
- Marcia H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League, "Black Men in America"
- Wednesday, October 14 - 6:00am
- Thursday, October 15 - 6:00am
- Monday, October 19 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, October 20 - 6:00am
- Dr. Claudia Lynn Thomas, author, "God Spare Life"
- Wednesday, October 21 - 6:00am
- Thursday, October 22 - 6:00am
- Monday, October 26 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, October 27 - 6:00am
- Earl Monroe, NY Knicks Legend & Hall of Famer, "Still Making Magic Happen"
- Wednesday, October 28 - 6:00am
- Thursday, October 29 - 6:00am
- Monday, November 2 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, November 3 - 6:00am
- Danny Simmons, artist and museum sponsor
- Wednesday, September 30 - 6:00am
- Thursday, October 1 - 6:00am
- Monday, October 5 - 6:00am
- Randolph Cameron, author, "Finding A Way To The Top."
- Wednesday, September 23 - 6:00am
- Danny Simmons, Project Diversity in the Arts
- Wednesday, September 16 - 6:00am
- Thursday, September 17 - 6:00am
- Monday, September 21 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, September 22 - 6:00am
- Thursday, September 24 - 6:00am
- Monday, September 28 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, September 29 - 6:00am
- Jeffrey Sammons, Prof. of History, New York University "The Black Athlete"
- Wednesday, September 9 - 6:00am
- Thursday, September 10 - 6:00am
- Monday, September 14 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, September 15 - 6:00am
- Chester Higgins, Jr., photographer, New York Times
- Monday, September 7 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, September 8 - 6:00am
