Sunday Morning Magazine with Rodney Lear

Devon Still played college football at Penn State during the Paterno/Sandusky years, where he earned Consensus All-American honors. He was also drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012 and later went on to play for Houston Texans and the NY Jets. In 2014, his daughter, Leah was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma stage 4 cancer, and Devon has become well-known as a childhood cancer advocate.

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Madison Robinson, Founder, Fish Flops Inc. At the age of 8, Madison started her own company, Fish Flops. Today, at the age of 16-years-old, this entrepreneur has over $1 million dollars in sales. She joined Sunday Morning Magazine to talk about the key to her success. She discussed everything from her business role models to her lucrative deal with retailers Macy’s and Nordstrom. Robinson also discussed her plans for college and her philanthropic endeavors with the military and orphaned children. She also gave advice to other teens looking to start a business.

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Taylor Branch, Author, At Canaan’s Edge: America in the King Years 1965-68. We spoke to Pulitzer Prize-winning and bestselling author Taylor Branch. He joined the show to talk about his latest project. The book concludes Branch’s history of the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King’s heroic role at the center of it all. While on Sunday Morning Magazine, Branch explained that the new book chronicles King’s efforts to hold his movement together in the face of internal factions that disagreed about strategy, tactics, and whether they could achieve their goals solely through nonviolence. Branch also spoke about the intermittent hostility Dr. King faced from President Johnson’s administration. Branch also provided insight into the unrelenting harassment Dr. King endured at the hands of the FBI.

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Christine King-Farris, Author, My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing up with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. King-Farris joined the show to talk about her new children’s book. While on the show, she revealed that she wrote the book to honor her late brother and to encourage the next generation of civil rights leaders.

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Devon Still played college football at Penn State during the Paterno/Sandusky years, where he earned Consensus All-American honors. He was also drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012 and later went on to play for Houston Texans and the NY Jets. In 2014, his daughter, Leah was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma stage 4 cancer, and Devon has become well-known as a childhood cancer advocate.

Debbi Morgan, Emmy Award-winning Actress and Author, The Monkey On My Back. Debbi Morgan is best known as Dr. Angela Hubbard on the long-running soap opera All My Children. She joined Sunday Morning Magazine to discuss her deeply personal memoir. Debbi revealed on-air that early in her family history, an ugly pattern of domestic violence began—which spanned three generation of women. The abuse developed into fear, insecurity, self-doubt, and emotional trauma, which were passed down from one generation to the next. From her maternal grandmother, who was beaten by her husband, to Debbi’s mother, who became pregnant as a young teen and suffered the same abuse as her mother, down to Debbi, who internalized the physical abuse she watched her mother endure. As an adult, Debbi would also face abuse in her relationships.

Christine King-Farris, Author, My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing up with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. King-Farris joined the show to talk about her new children’s book. While on the show, she revealed that she wrote the book to honor her late brother and to encourage the next generation of civil rights leaders.

Madison Robinson, Founder, Fish Flops Inc. At the age of 8, Madison started her own company, Fish Flops. Today, at the age of 16-years-old, this entrepreneur has over $1 million dollars in sales. She joined Sunday Morning Magazine to talk about the key to her success. She discussed everything from her business role models to her lucrative deal with retailers Macy’s and Nordstrom. Robinson also discussed her plans for college and her philanthropic endeavors with the military and orphaned children. She also gave advice to other teens looking to start a business.

Andrea Schwartz, Macy’s Go Red for Women Campaign. During this special edition of the show, we focused on Women and Heart Disease. Andrea Schwartz says Macy’s is proud to be the national founding sponsor of the Go Red for Women campaign. Schwartz explained that during the month of February, Macy’s offers customers several ways to support Go Red for Women. She says Macy’s is offering shoppers the opportunity to purchase three limited-edition red dresses by top designers—10 percent of the purchase price of all three dresses will be donated to Go Red For Women. Schwartz maintains that Macy’s has raised more than $60 million since 2004 through Go Red For Women and over that time 293 lives have been saved every day according to the American Heart Association.

Allie, Founder and Owner, Allie’s Walk About; David, Allie’s Dad. While on the show Allie explained the idea for the business came after she asked her dad for money when she was 9-years-old. She says his answer was no, but he followed up by saying he would teach her how to earn the money. Today, Allie is the owner of Allie’s Walk About which is an extremely profitable full service pet sitting company. Allie spoke about the difficulties of starting the company. She also discussed how she handles overhead and operational expenses. In addition, Allie explained how she juggles the business, school, homework, friends and afterschool activities.