PowerPoint - The Plight of Black Veterans; The Psychology of Racism

1999-11-07 (Creation date: 1999-11-07)

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 Carmen Burns interviews Wayne F. Smith, executive director of the Black Patriots Foundation in Washington, DC, Thomas Wynn, director of the Milwaukee-based National Association of Black Veterans, and Arthur C Barham, executive director of the Veteran's Opportunity and Resource Center in Atlanta. News report by Bruce Dorton. 

In the second hour, "Healing the Inner Trauma of Racism", host Carmen Burns interviews Aeeshah Ababio Clottey and Kokomon Clottey, authors of "Beyond Fear: Twelve Spiritual Keys to Racial Healing", and Dr. Asa G. Hilliard III, professor of educational psychology at Georgia State University. News report by Bruce Dorton. 

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