This edition: Doug White, Deputy Fire Commissioner, NYFD, "If You Can't Stand the Heat Jazzing It Up"
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Original tape date: June 9, 2009.Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. sits down with NYFD Deputy Fire Commissioner Doug White to talk about recruiting minorities, the process behind becoming a firefighter, the application/testing process for the city fire department and the progress Commissioner White has made in these areas.
Guest List
Dr. Roscoe C. Brown, Jr. Director, Urban Education Policy Center, CUNY Graduate Center.
Doug White Deputy Fire Commissioner, New York City Fire Department
- Danny Simmons, artist and museum sponsor
- Monday, June 16 - 6:00am
- William H. Burgess III, pres., The Burgess Group
- Tuesday, June 17 - 6:00am
- Marcia H. Morial, President & CEO, National Urban League, "Black Men in America"
- Wednesday, June 18 - 6:00am
- Dr. Claudia Lynn Thomas, author, "God Spare Life"
- Thursday, June 19 - 6:00am
- Earl Monroe, NY Knicks Legend & Hall of Famer, "Still Making Magic Happen"
- Monday, June 23 - 6:00am
- Doug White, Deputy Fire Commissioner, NYFD, "If You Can't Stand the Heat Jazzing It Up"
- Tuesday, June 24 - 6:00am
- Cephas Bowles, Gen. Manager, WBGO Jazz Radio Station, "Jazzing it Up"
- Wednesday, June 25 - 6:00am
- Henry Rey, "Dream Big, Fly High"
- Thursday, June 26 - 6:00am
- Elinor Tatum, Editor in Chief, New York Amsterdam News, "Who is Telling Your Story?"
- Monday, June 30 - 6:00am
- Black Politics in NYC
- Tuesday, July 1 - 6:00am
- Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues
- Wednesday, July 2 - 6:00am
- Black in Business
- Thursday, July 3 - 6:00am
- Tuskegee Airmen - Lee Archer (1994)
- Monday, July 7 - 6:00am
- Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Tuesday, July 8 - 6:00am
- Caroline Jones Advertising
- Wednesday, July 9 - 6:00am
- Darwin Davis, Equitable Life
- Thursday, July 10 - 6:00am
- Randolph Cameron, author, "Finding A Way To The Top."
- Thursday, June 12 - 6:00am
- Danny Simmons, Project Diversity in the Arts
- Wednesday, June 11 - 6:00am
- Jeffrey Sammons, Prof. of History, New York University "The Black Athlete"
- Tuesday, June 10 - 6:00am
- Chester Higgins, Jr., photographer, New York Times
- Monday, June 9 - 6:00am
- Inez Dickens
- Thursday, June 5 - 6:00am
- Joe Wilder, legendary jazz trumpeter
- Wednesday, June 4 - 6:00am
- An Interview with Danny Glover, Actor, "Revisiting a Classic"
- Tuesday, June 3 - 6:00am
- Lee A. Archer, Tuskegee Airman Ace
- Monday, June 2 - 6:00am
- Clifford Mason
- Thursday, May 29 - 6:00am
- Robert A. Williams
- Wednesday, May 28 - 6:00am
- Herman Edwards, New York Jets Head Coach
- Tuesday, May 27 - 6:00am
- Lloyd C. Grant, publisher of KIP Business Report
- Monday, May 26 - 6:00am
- Percy Sutton
- Thursday, May 22 - 6:00am
- State Senator, David Paterson
- Wednesday, May 21 - 6:00am
- Terry Lane / Upper Manhattan Development District
- Tuesday, May 20 - 6:00am
- Priorities for New Yorkers of African Descent during the Bloomberg Administration
- Monday, May 19 - 6:00am
- Chester Higgins, Jr., photographer, "Capturing the Spirit"
- Thursday, May 15 - 6:00am
