Black Book Talk

Richard Brown is a Portland community activist and photographer who has

spent decades working to bridge the divide between police and the Black

community.  This Is Not for You: An Activist's Journey of Resistance and

Resilience traces how and why Brown became an engaged...

In the Authors Note,  Watson and Hannah-Jones state their

intention to “show that Black Americans have their own proud origin story,

one that does not begin in slavery, in struggle, and in strife but that

bridges the gap between Africa and the United States of America...

Ray Owens and Wentemi Kante, members of Portland's Well-Read Black Girls

Book Club, discuss the importance of the group beyond sharing good reads. 

Both women emphasize its importance as a safe and supportive space where

Black women can fellowship with their sisters, a rari...

Charles Hannah and his wife Michelle Lewis are the co-owners of Third Eye

Books, Portland's only Black-owned bookstore.  Charles shares what motivated

the couple to open a bookstore at a time when independent stores are

challenged by mega-sellers like Amazon.  He expresses ...

As summer draws to an end, students of all ages are preparing to return to

school.  And, who better to help them but librarians?  So we've invited

two of our favorite Library Ladies to share their reading recommendations.

Carla Davis, Youth Librarian at the Midland Regional...

Every season Portland's Profile Theatre identifies a community that

their Featured Playwright is intimately involved with and creates a free

writing workshop for that specific group.  The workshop is called Community

Profile. The 2020-21 season Featured Playwright was Lyn...

This is the second half of our interview with Portlander Richard Brown,

author of This is Not For You:  An Activist's Journey of Resistance and

Resilience".  In this segment, he discusses the process of writing and

publishing his memoir.  Mr. Brown is a Portland community a...

Black Book Talk welcomes Richard Brown, author (with Brian Benson) of This

is Not For You:  An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience.  Mr.

Brown is a Portland community activist and photographer who has spent decades

working to bridge the divide between police a...

The poetry of Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, Walter D. Myers, Nikki Giovanni,

Charles R. Smith Jr. and others are featured in the rebroadcast of this April

2005 program.  Recordings of Hughes and Giovanni reading their works are

augmented by other readers, including progam ...

When Nala Robertson reluctantly agrees to attend an open mic night for her

cousin-sister-friend Imani's birthday, she finds herself falling in instant

love with Tye Brown, the MC. He's perfect, except . . . Tye is an activist

and is spending the summer putting on events for...