Upcoming Episodes
May 2009
Past Episodes
April 2009 - The Black Hour 'goes green'
Guests: Nehanda Imara, community organizer with Communities for a Better Environment (CBE); Virtuous, rapper; Baby Champ, the "Scraper Bike King", entrepreneur and rapper; Mark Hall, Oakland Parks and Recreation Capitol Projects; Bhret Skipper, Berkeley City College recycling intern.
March 2009 - African Women's Herstory Month
Guests: Malika Ubaka, performing artist; Wanda Sabir, College of Alameda English professor and San Francisco Bay View newspaper Arts Editor
February 2009 - Black Ourstory Month
Guests: Minister Keith Muhammad, Nation of Islam Oakland Mosque 26B; Dedoceo Habi, activist, filmmaker; Ryan Nicole Peters, poet and performing artist
January 2009 - Remembering Oscar Grant III
Guests: Jumoke Hinton Hodge, Oakland Unified School Board Member; Charles Johnson, Wake Yo Game Up
Season 2 - Fall 2008
December 2008
Guests: Keith Carson, Alameda County Supervisor, Fiyawata (Ambessa Negus and Zakiya Harris); Hip Hop dub duo and educators.
November 2008
Guest: Dr. Karolyn Van Puten, president, Laney College Academic Senate, Psychology Dept. Chair
October 2008
Guests: Troy Nkrumah, National Hip Hop Political Convention; Dr. Elnora Webb, vice-president of instruction, Laney College
September 2008
Guests: Mary King, assistant general manager AC Transit; Jason "Shake 9169" Anderson, Outmack Yourself Entertainment
August 2008 - No Episode due to budget issues
July 2008
Guests: Dr. Carole Ward Allen, BART director; Baayan Bakari, filmmaker and educator
June 2008
Guests: Dr. Mujahidun Sumchai, African American Studies professor, Laney College; Ise Lyfe
May 2008
Guests: Marlene C. Hurd, president, Black Caucus of the California Student Association of Community Colleges (CalSACC); Jacquinn Scales, writer and speaker, Harambee News
April 2008
Guests: President L. Davis and Deborah "Jamaican Queen" Jones, Laney Black Student Union (Laney BSU)
Episode Guide
Thursday, May 04, 2006
The Black Hour