This edition: Joan Maynard/ Weeksville Society
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Original tape date: November 20, 2001.On this episode of African American Legends, Host Dr. Roscoe C. Brown Jr. profiles Joan Maynard, who is the CEO and Founder of the Weeksville Society. The Weeksville Society is a product of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, and is responsible for preserving and interpreting African American history within Weeksville, Brooklynn. It also aims to offer African Americans financial and cultural opportunities.
Guest List
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Director, Urban Education Policy Center, CUNY Graduate Center.
Joan Maynard Executive Director, The Weeksville Society
- William H. Burgess III, pres., The Burgess Group
- 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
- Doug White, Deputy Fire Commissioner, NYFD, "If You Can't Stand the Heat Jazzing It Up"
- Wednesday, November 4 - 6:00am
- Thursday, November 5 - 6:00am
- William H. Burgess III, pres., The Burgess Group
- Wednesday, October 7 - 6:00am
- Thursday, October 8 - 6:00am
- Danny Simmons, artist and museum sponsor
- Wednesday, September 30 - 6:00am
- Thursday, October 1 - 6:00am
- Monday, October 5 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, October 6 - 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
