Soul of Reason
Running time | 30 min |
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Country of origin | United States |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | WNYU-FM |
Hosted by | Roscoe Brown |
Original release | 1971 – 1986 |
Audio format | FM radio |
Soul of Reason was a talk radio show focused on African American arts and culture, hosted by Roscoe Brown from 1971 to 1986 on WNYU-FM, with rebroadcast on WNBC-AM and at times WNBC-FM.[1][2]
Background[]
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Production[]
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Topics[]
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Guests[]
Year | Guest | Guest Description |
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1970 | Cudsville, Donald | President of the Harlem Urban Development Corporation (HUDC) |
1971-10-26 | Moses, Gil | Director of the Broadway Play Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death |
1973-01-08 | Walker, Jim | Book Editor and Advertising Manager for Black Creation Magazine |
1973-01-14 | Fortune, Dr. Hilda | Professor of Sociology at York College of the City University of New York |
1973-03-25 | Gunn, Bill | Playwright and Director of the Black Picture Show |
1973-06-19 | Dorsey, Carolyn | Instructor at the NYU School of Education and Fellow at the NYU Institute of Afro-American Affairs |
1973-07-15 | White, Louis | Director of the Wiltwyck Schools |
1973-07-29 | Davis, Nat | Assistant Director for the Community-Oriented Drug Education Program of Harlem Teams for Self-Help |
1973-08-19 | Murray, James P. | Film critic, Film Editor of the New York Amsterdam News, and Editor of Black Creation |
1973-08-26 | Barron, Allan | Publisher of Black Sports Magazine |
1973-09-16 | Russell, Harvey C. | Vice President of PepsiCo and Co-Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Dinner |
1973-09-25 | Finch, Connie | Sophomore NYU Student involved in Black Student Affairs |
1973-11-13 | Anglada, Mario | Executive Director of ASPIRA of New York |
1973-11-20 | Covington, William | Special Assistant to the Project Director of the Urban League's Youth Enrichment Program |
1973-11-27 | Taylor, Cecil | Musician |
1973-12-04 | Clarke, Richard | Founder of Richard Clarke Associates |
1973-12-11 | Lacy, Diane | Coordinator of the National Conference on Drug Abuse |
1973-12-16 | Williams, Charles | Assistant Council of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
1973-12-18 | Cintron, Umberto | Executive Producer of the Television Show, Realidades |
1973-12-30 | Figueroa, Jose-Angel | Poet and Author of the Book East 110th Street |
1974 | Patterson, Basil | Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee. |
1974-01-14 | Bertram, Cliff | Track Coach at New York University |
1974-01-21 | Salamu, Mashujaa A. and Khaliq Abdul Al Rouf | Musicians from the Group Ensemble, Al Salaam |
1974-01-22 | Harvin, Al | Sports Writer for The New York Times |
1974-01-28 | King, Woodie, Jr. | Playwright, Director, and Producer of the Musical The Prodigal Sister |
1974-01-30 | Feinstein, Dr. Alan and Ambassador Ogbu | Author of African Revolutionary: The Life and Times of Nigeria's Aminu Kano and the Ambassador of Nigeria |
1974-02-05 | Boyd, Dr. Robert | Associate Professor of Dentistry and Chairman of the Minority Recruitment Committee at the Brookdale Dental Center for the NYU College of Dentistry |
1974-03-12 | Sullivan, Maxine | Singer |
1974-03-19 | Christmas, Dr. June | Commissioner for New York City's Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation |
1974-03-26 | Capers, Virginia | Actress in the Musical Raisin |
1974-04-16 | Williams, Mary Lou | Jazz Pianist |
1974-04-23 | Patterson, Basil | Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee |
1974-04-30 | Turman, Glynn and Loretta Green | Actor and Actress from the Broadway Play What the Wine-Sellers Buy |
1974-05-14 | Kemp, Emme | Singer and Composer |
1974-05-21 | White, Dr. Herbert L. | Testing Specialist and the Director of the Executive Unit of the Rep Program of the New York City Department of Personnel |
1974-06-04 | Williams, Bob | Founder of the Sports Foundation and the Director of Community Programs for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation |
1974-06-05 | Holloman, Dr. John | President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
1974-06-26 | Cowell, Stanley | Pianist and a Producer at Strata East Records |
1974-07-17 | Martin, Bob | Director of Communications for the Capital Formation Corporation |
1974-07-24 | Davis, Robert | Assistant Commissioner for the New York City Agency for Child Development |
1974-08-06 | Green, Essie | Social Services Research Specialist |
1974-08-11 | Kennedy, Scott | Professor of Speech and Drama at Brooklyn College and Author of the Book In Search of African Theatre |
1974-08-13 | Higgins, Chester, Jr. | Photographer |
1974-08-20 | Williams, Bob and Ronald Lee Gaudreau | Executive Vice President of the New York City Bicentennial Corporation, and the Director of Community Programs for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation |
1974-08-27 | Killens, John O. | Author of the Historic Novel Youngblood |
1974-09-04 | Mitchem, Dr. John | Chairman of the Department of Compensatory Programs at Baruch Collge of the City University of New York |
1974-09-10 | Pinero, Miguel | Playwright and Author of Short Eyes |
1974-09-17 | Meminger, Dean | American Basketball Player of the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks |
1974-09-24 | Broughton, Modeen and Cheryl Goggins | Coordinator and Assistant Coordinator of the Congressional Black Caucus Dinner |
1974-10-02 | Neal, James | Representative from National Artists Coalition, Inc. |
1974-10-09 | Gidron, Dick | Business Owner of Dick Gidron Cadillacs |
1974-10-09 | Sandler, Joan | Executive Director of the Black Theatre Alliance |
1974-10-30 | Weathers, Diane and Camille Billops | Co-Editor of and Contributor to Black Creation Magazine and Faculty Member of the Art Departments at Rutgers University and the City University of New York |
1974-11-20 | Brown, Courtney | New York State Division of Human Rights |
1974-11-26 | Artist, Ruth | Interior Decorator |
1974-12-03 | Bryant, Linda | Director of the Just Above Midtown Gallery |
1974-12-10 | Mays, Charles and Herb Douglas | Director of the Black Athletes Hall of Frame, and Vice President of Shefflin Corporation and Chairman of the Board of the Black Athletes Hall of Fame |
1974-12-11 | Jeffries, Dr. Leonard | Director of Black Studies at the City College of New York |
1974-12-17 | Goodwin, Steven | Investment Executive and Investment Counselor at Hayden Stone & Company |
1975 | Bailey, Peter | Associate Editor of Black Enterprise Magazine |
1975 | Harris, Diane, Frances Gibson, and William Kornblum | Public Involvement Assistant, Recreation Specialist, and a Member of the Planning Board for the Gateway National Recreation Area |
1975-02-18 | Jordan, Richard | Director of National Urban Services for the Boys Club of America |
1975-02-25 | Kornblum, William, Herb Cables, and Frances Gibson | Representatives from the Gateway National Recreational Center of the National Park Service |
1975-03-01 | Zollner, Joy | Representative from the Organization RAINS (Relief for Africans in Need in the Sahel) |
1975-03-11 | Edley, Christopher | Executive Director of the United Negro College Fund |
1975-03-26 | Wright, Samuel | Councilman for 26th Council District in Brooklyn |
1975-04-08 | Toote, Dr. Gloria | Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development |
1975-04-09 | Yancy, Joe | Track Athlete and the Co-founder of the New York Pioneer Club |
1975-04-14 | Gourdine, Simon | Deputy Commissioner for the National Basketball Association |
1975-04-22 | Alexander, Jesse and Fred Hill | YMCA Representatives |
1975-04-23 | Lewis, Ed and Marcia Gillespie | Publisher and Editor of Essence Magazine |
1975-04-29 | Williams, John A. | Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York and Author of Mothersill and the Foxes |
1975-05-13 | Hinds, Lennox | National Director of the National Conference of Black Lawyers |
1975-05-14 | Loney, Dr. Roderick | Chairman of the Academic Development Division at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York |
1975-05-28 | Holloman, Dr. John | President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
1975-06-11 | Ward, Douglas Turner | Director of the Negro Ensemble Company and Producer of First Breeze of Summer |
1975-06-17 | Batchelor, Ron | Executive Director of Broad Jump |
1975-06-24 | Archer, Lee | Director of Equal Opportunity of Affairs of the General Foods Corporation and Chairman of the North Street Capital Corporation |
1975-07-01 | Bullins, Ed | Author of The Taking of Miss Janie |
1975-07-15 | King, Angela | Social Affairs Officer of the United Nations |
1975-07-16 | Jones, Martha and Diane Lacey | Public Relations Director of the Women's Action Alliance, and Special Assistant to the President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
1975-08-05 | Hamilton, Dr. Charles | Political Scientist and President of the Metropolitan Applied Research Center |
1975-08-12 | Younger, Eddie | Athlete, Representative from the New York City Department of Recreation, and a Board Member for the Harlem Professional, Inc. |
1975-09-02 | Maynard, Joan | Executive Director of the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History |
1975-09-09 | Taylor, Emory | Director of the Harlem Opera Society |
1975-09-17 | Wright, Dr. Stephen | Vice President of the College Entrance Examination Board |
1975-09-23 | Harris, Richard and Sergeant James Hargrove | President of the Vulcan Society and President of The Guardians Association |
1975-09-23 | Sparks, George and William Alston | Grand Master of the King George Grand Lodge and Publisher of the Long Island Courier |
1975-10-01 | Dempsey, Ellen, Robert Williams, and Florence Jackson | Two Representatives from the New York City Bicentennial Corporation and the Director of Social Studies for New York City Board of Education |
1975-10-15 | Lewis, Jerry and Marion Bondurant | Executive Director and Assistant Director of Development for the National Medical Fellowships |
1975-10-29 | Thomas, Franklin | President of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation |
1975-10-29 | Rainford, Patricia Luces | Associate Director of the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center |
1975-11-11 | Barron, Allan | Publisher of Black Sports Magazine |
1975-11-12 | Goodwin, Steven | Investment Counselor and Option Specialist for U.S. Option International, Inc. |
1975-11-12 | Gayle, Addison | Writer, Critic and Associate Professor of English at Baruch College of the City University of New York |
1975-12-10 | Furman, Roger | Playwright and Director of the New Heritage Repertory Theatre in Harlem |
1976-01-07 | Clark, Sam | Radio Personality and Producer of the Record Black Americans |
1976-01-07 | Frazier, Cliff | Administrator of Third World Cinema |
1976-01-13 | Coombs, Orde | Author and Critic |
1976-01-14 | Carr, Ivory | Assistant Director of Ambulatory Care at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital and Medical Center |
1976-01-21 | Bullock, Kathleen, Mark Millander, and Terry Smith | Students from the New York City Executive High School Intern Program |
1976-02-04 | Wallace, Robert E. | Executive Director of the National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health |
1976-02-04 | Hutson, Jean Blackwell | Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture |
1976-02-18 | Barnes, Arthur | President of the New York Urban Coalition |
1976-03-03 | Suggs, Dr. Dolores | Assistant to the Dean of Student Affairs at the New York University College of Dentistry |
1976-03-23 | Armstead-Johnson, Dr. Helen | Director of the Afro-American Theater Museum and Professor of English at York College of the City University of New York |
1976-04-28 | White, Dr. Herbert | Representative from the New York City Department of Personnel |
1976-05-11 | Walker, Dr. Wyatt T. | Canaan Baptist Church of Harlem |
1976-05-26 | Bailey, Peter | Executive Director of the Black Theatre Alliance |
1976-06-01 | Moore, Bob and Jean Carrie Bond | Representatives from The Council on Interracial Books for Children and the Foundation for Change |
1976-06-29 | Patterson, Pat and Fatima Shaik | Editor-at-Large at Black Enterprise Magazine, Staff Member of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs at NYU and Coordinator for the AEJ Summer Journalism Program |
1976-06-30 | Greaves, William | Independent Filmmaker and Producer of From These Roots |
1976-06-30 | Brown, Howard | Medical Director of The New York Times and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at New York University |
1976-06-30 | Patterson, John, Jr. | President of the South Bronx Economic Development Corporation |
1976-07-07 | Morris, Horace | Executive Director of the New York Urban League |
1976-07-13 | Wein, Joyce | Associate Producer of Newport in New York Jazz Festival |
1976-08-11 | Dinkins, David | Chairman for the Council of Black Elected Democrats of New York State |
1976-09-21 | Webb, Dr. Arnold | Executive Director of the Division of Educational Planning and Support for the New York City Board of Education |
1976-09-26 | Carter, Dr. Ralph D. | Assistant Professor of History at Livingston College of Rutgers University |
1976-10-12 | Patterson, Pat | Editor-At-Large at Black Enterprise Magazine and Instructor from the Association for Journalism's Summer Institute for Minorities |
1976-10-20 | Robeson, Paul, Jr. | Head of the Paul Robeson Archives |
1976-10-26 | Bondurant, Marion, Dr. Beny J. Primm, and Clementine Butts | Director of Development, Co-Chairperson, and Benefit Committee Chairperson from National Medical Fellowships, Inc. |
1976-10-27 | Holloman, Dr. J. L. S. | President of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation |
1976-11-02 | Florence Jackson, Carol Banks, and Robert Williams | Director for the Center for the Humanities and the Arts of the New York City Board of Education, Staff Member of NYU's Institute of Afro-American Affairs, and the Director of Community Affairs for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation |
1976-11-30 | Herring, Leonard | Public Relations Specialist for the Film Sounder Part 2 |
1976-12-07 | Pigatt, Anderson | Sculptor |
1976-12-14 | Lynch, Dr. Hollis | Professor of History for the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University |
1976-12-28 | Gutman, Dr. Herbert | Professor and Author of the Black Family in Slavery and Freedom |
1977 | Rodgers, Rod | Choreographer and Director of the Rod Rodgers Dance Company |
1977 | Saidy, Jay, Bakari Sidibe, and Sam Kinte | Journalist for the Gambian News Bulletin, Minister of Cultural Affairs, and the Gambian Cousin of Author Alex Haley |
1977 | McDougald, Drew | Director of the Queens Branch of the New York Urban League and Carlisle Towery and Executive Director of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation |
1977 | McIntyre, Diane | Choreographer for the Negro Ensemble Company's Production of The Great MacDaddy and Founder of the Company, Sounds and Motion |
1977-01-04 | Perkins, William Eric and Eric Foner | Professor from Temple University, and Professor from City College of the City University of New York |
1977-01-06 | Basil Patterson | Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Committee |
1977-01-12 | Sutton, Honorable Percy E. | Borough President of Manhattan |
1977-01-12 | Alston, Dr. Lester | Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor of Education at Baruch College of the City University of New York |
1977-01-19 | Deas, Dr. Gerald | Physician from the Department of Internal Medicine at Jamaica Hospital |
1977-02-09 | Olugebefula, Dr. Ademola and Jean Taylor | Vice President of the National Board of Directors and Executive Secretary of the National Conference of Artists |
1977-02-22 | Ward, Willie and Howard Scheffey | President, and Past President and Chairman of the Board of the New York City Black Policemen's Organization The Guardians |
1977-03-01 | French, Arthur | Performer in the Negro Ensemble Company's Play Brownsville Raid |
1977-03-08 | Burns, Dr. Haywood | Associate Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law |
1977-03-16 | Jackson, Florence | Director for the Center for the Humanities and Arts for the New York City Board of Education |
1977-03-22 | Cooper, Jocelyn and Patricia Dempsey | Coordinator of Foods and Nutrition of the Council Against Poverty and the Community Development Agency, and the Deputy Director of Food-Stamp Alert |
1977-03-30 | Robinson, David | Representative from United Harlem Growth, Inc. |
1977-03-30 | Goldman, Cathy and James Hill | Representatives from the New York City School Breakfast Committee |
1977-04-05 | Barnes, Arthur | President of the New York Urban Coalition |
1977-04-12 | Perkins, Joseph | Director of the Mid-Manhattan Branch of the NAACP's "Operation Rebound Project" |
1977-05-03 | Williams, Mary Lou and Peter O'Brien | Jazz Pianist and Producer |
1977-05-04 | Montgomery, Barbara | Actress from La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's Macbeth |
1977-05-10 | Stewart, Ellen | La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club |
1977-05-21 | Carr, Ivory | Director of the Outpatient Department at the Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn |
1977-06-01 | Killens, John O. | Author of The Resurrection of Alexander Pushkin |
1977-06-15 | Stewart, Ruth Ann | Assistant Curator for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library |
1977-06-21 | Rowe, Billy and John Procope | Journalist, and the Publisher of NY Amsterdam News |
1977-06-22 | Ford, Connie | Executive Director of the Police Athletic League |
1977-07-05 | Jones, Duane | Executive Director of the Black Theatre Alliance |
1977-07-20 | X | Roberts, Lillian -- Associate Director of District Council #37 |
1977-07-20 | Barron, Allan | Editor and Publisher of Black Sports Magazine |
1977-07-28 | Rhoden, John, Romare Bearden, and Larry Wilson | A Sculptor, an Artist, and a Representative from Philip Morris, Inc. |
1977-08-09 | Jackson Christmas, Dr. June | Commissioner of Mental Health Services in New York City |
1977-08-23 | Thompson, Dr. Leon | Director of Education Activities for the New York Philharmonic |
1977-08-30 | Grymes, Sandra | North East Regional Director for Planned Parenthood Federation, Inc. |
1977-09-06 | Patterson, Jamelle and Dianne McDonald | Founder of the Patterson School, and an Instructor at the Patterson School |
1977-09-13 | Byer, Lavenia, Jeanette Fields, and Andrew Henderson | Coordinator, Chairperson and Consultant from the Freedom Funds United Foundation |
1977-09-20 | Williams, Franklin | President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and former United States Ambassador to Ghana |
1977-09-22 | Lenior, Henry and Livingston Francis | Group Vice President of the YMCA of Greater New York and the Executive Director of the Harlem YMCA |
1977-09-22 | Henderson, Butler T. | Executive Director of the Earl Warren Legal Training Program of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund |
1977-09-29 | Webb, Dr. Arnold | Executive Director of the Division of Education of New York City's Board of Education |
1977-10-06 | Williams, Charles T. "Chuck" | Vice President of the Schenley Affiliated Brands Corporation and Member of the Board for the Jackie Robinson Foundation |
1977-10-13 | Jordan, Richard | Director of the Urban Services Division of the Boys Clubs of America |
1977-10-25 | Turner, Robert | Firefighter and President of the Vulcan Society |
1977-11-03 | Barnes, Arthur and Reverend Frederick E. Dennard | President of the Urban Coalition and Executive Director of Harlem Interfaith Counseling Service |
1977-11-03 | Dempsey, Ellen and Charlotte Frank | Dempsey, Ellen and Charlotte Frank -- Project Coordinator for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation and a Representative from the New York City Board of Education "Scholars Series" |
1977-11-17 | Lynch, Professor Hollis | Political Scientist and African History Specialist from Columbia University |
1977-12-01 | Huggins, Dr. Nathan | Professor of History at Columbia University and Author of Black Odyssey |
1977-12-18 | Higginsen, Vy | Founder and Publisher of Unique New York Magazine |
1978 | Davis, Gordon | Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the City of New York |
1978 | Jones, Robert Earle | Actor, Athlete, Scholar, and Patron of the Arts |
1978 | Butts, Dr. Hugh | Director of the Bronx Psychiatric Center |
1978 | Presley, Calvin | Executive Director of Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. |
1978-01-19 | Wilkins, Roger | Urban Affairs Columnist for The New York Times |
1978-01-19 | Chance, Cathy | Special Assistant for Urban Affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
1978-06-08 | Huggins, Dr. Nathan | Professor of History at Columbia University and Author of Black Odyssey |
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Soul of Reason: Archiving a Historic 1970s Black and Latinx Radio Program". The Download. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ^ "Home".
- ^ "Guide to the Records of the Institute of African American Affairs RG.9.8". New York University Archives. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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