The story of Sha Tayshia, an African American girl, who during tryouts for her baseball team becomes inspired by the story of the 19th century Philadelphia Dolly Vardens.Av The Root and Roots Show

Music from Dr. Lonnie Smith, Archie Shepp, Jason Moran, Poppy Ajudha, Ezra Collective and others.Av The Root and Roots Show

Gospel music evolved in often surprising directions during the post-Civil Rights era. Claudrena N. Harold's in-depth look at late-century gospel focuses on musicians like Yolanda Adams, Andraé Crouch, the Clark Sisters, Al Green, Take 6, and the Winans, and on the network of black record shops, churches, and businesses that nurtured the music. Haro…

The Black Girls Hockey Club focuses on making hockey more inclusive for our family, friends and alliesAv The Root and Roots Show

Among Golden Age Hollywood film stars of European heritage known for playing characters from the East--Chinese, Southeast Asians, Indians and Middle Easterners--Anglo-Indian actor Boris Karloff had deep roots there. Based on extensive new research, this biography and career study of Karloff's "eastern" films provides a critical examination of 41 fe…

The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America’s National Pastime examines for the first time the full barnstorming series in its original and uncensored splendor. Phil S. Dixon profiles not only the men who were part of the Deans’ All-Star teams but also the men who played against them, including some of baseball’s most monum…

As the ubiquitous Jamaican musician Bob Marley once famously sang, "half the story has never been told." This rings particularly true for the little-known women in Jamaican music who comprise significantly less than half of the Caribbean nation's musical landscape. This book covers the female contribution to Jamaican music and its subgenres through…

I will be interviewing Tim Brooks, the author of The Black Face Minstrel Show in Mass Media. The minstrel show occupies a complex and controversial space in the history of American popular culture. Today considered a shameful relic of America's racist past, it nonetheless offered many black performers of the 19th and early 20th centuries their only…

Winner, Robert Peterson Recognition Award-SABR This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated and informatio…

Richard Carlin will discuss his biography on Morris Levy, the cofounder of Birdland and one of the most notorious people in the history of the music industry in the first segment of the show. In the second segment, Isiah Lavender III, editor of Black and Brown Planets: The Politics of Race in Science Fiction will talk about race and racism in sci f…

The one and only Mama Kat, Ms JC, the Senior Citizen of the Airways returns to talk about her life and to play the best blues music around. Put on your dancing shoes!!!Av The Root and Roots Show

Ryan Ellett, author of the Encyclopedia of Black Radio in the United States, 1921-1935, will discuss the early history and impact of African Americans on radio.Av The Root and Roots Show

Dick Lehr, author of The Birth of a Nation, will discuss how Monroe Trotter, civil rights activist, and DW Griffith, filmmaker fought over Griffin's 1915 film that depicted the Civil War and Reconstruction era in a racist manner, making the KKK as heroes and African Americans as villians.Av The Root and Roots Show

Richard Gonsalves is one of the foremost authorities and statiticians on professional kicking. A student of the game since 1970, he has met virtually every placekicker and punter inthe NFL, as well as kickers from the 20's - 60's. He will discuss his book Placekicking in the NFL: A History and Analysis.…

Paul Marco, host of The World Beyond Belief show, will talk about the current political situation and the role of the New World Order leadership to seduce people to follow their instructions.Av The Root and Roots Show

Jazz music from artists new and old will be played. Cecile McLorin Salvant, Kamasi Washington, Walter Beasley, Ahmed Jamal and others will soothe your heart, mind and soul.Av The Root and Roots Show

H Soul Watson is a Denver community activist and media personality, currently on a hunger strike in protest of police brutality in Denver and coruption in the Denver government. In the second portion of the show, I will be playing slow jams.Av The Root and Roots Show

Old time radio shows featuring African Americans will be played this evening.Av The Root and Roots Show