PowerPoint -Hugh B. Price & "The State of Black America" report; Issues at the State Level

2000-02-27 (Creation date: 2000-02-27)

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, "African Americans in the Media", host Carmen Burns interviews John J. Oliver, Jr., president of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, and Will Sutton, president of the National Association of Black Journalists; news report by Bruce Dorton.

In the second hour, Carmen Burns, host, talks with Massachusetts state representative Byron Rushing, Georgia state senator Donzella James, and Georgia state representative Tyrone Brooks about health care, education, affirmative action, and other issues at the state level; news report by Bruce Dorton.

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