This edition: Hazel Dukes, Pres., NAACP, New York State Conference: "Still on the Rise"
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Original tape date: December 17, 2008.On this episode of African American Legends, Host Roscoe C. Brown Jr. sits down and talks with Hazel Dukes, the President of the New York State NAACP. The NAACP is an organization that focuses on bettering the lives of African Americans, specifically focusing on the issues of education, economic opportunity, health reform, and civil engagement. Mrs. Dukes discusses the great strides the NAACP and African Americans have made in the past 100 years, especially looking at the influential civil rights leaders and the increase in African American rights.
Guest List
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Director, Urban Education Policy Center, CUNY Graduate Center.
Hazel Dukes President, NYS Conference, NAACP
- 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
- Monday, November 9 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, November 10 - 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"
- Monday, September 14 - 6:00am
- Tuesday, September 15 - 6:00am
