PowerPoint - An Evening with Oscar Brown Jr.; Back To School 1999

1999-08-28 (Creation date: 1999-08-28)

Hicks & Associates

PowerPoint was the first and only live program to focus attention on issues and information of concern to African American listeners using the popular interactive, call-in format. The show, based in Atlanta, aired weekly on Sunday evenings, from 9-11 p.m. It was on the air for seven years in 50 markets on NPR and on Sirius satellite radio (now SiriusXM). Reggie F. Hicks served as Executive Producer.

In the first hour, host Yolanda Brown hosts "an evening with" Oscar Brown Jr., singer, songwriter, playwright, poet, actor, and civil rights activist. News report by Bruce Dorton.

In the second hour, Yolanda Brown interviews Lois Jean White, past president of the National Parent Teacher Association, and Debbie Seagraves, executive director of the Georgia ACLU, about the issues confronting parents, educators, and students in public school education. News report by Bruce Dorton.

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