These digitized records are a small portion of the audiovisual material in the Department of African American and African Studies Records. Majority of the digitized material are part of the Black Studies Broadcast Journal, but also include episodes of Black Studies Beat, Afromation and other interviews.
From 1970 until 1980 the Black Studies Broadcast Journal was an Ohio State University radio program that aired on WOSU. It was produced by the faculty and administration of the newly formed Black Studies Department and was an important platform for Ohio State's African American community. In an article from The Lantern in 1972, Nathaniel Fullwood said, "The Black Studies Broadcast Journal is a radio program specifically designed to address itself to the professional interest, the cultural, the historical contributions, and general interest input of black citizens of Ohio State and the Columbus community.” The program includes extended interviews, discussions, lectures, music, poetry and debates about local and national issues.
You an access the digital records in our Digital Collections. Below is a full list of the digitized content organized by topic and includes several words on the guest's profession or topic of the show. If you are interested in listening to any of these programs, please contact us at archives@osu.edu.
Art and Architecture
- Barbara Crumbley, E. Okechukwu Odita, Elijah Pierce and Robert Stull (Black art and artists)
- Bernard Gray, Lasudia Rose, Robert Stull (Promotion of Black artists)
- Robert Stull (Artist)
Business and Industry
- Glenn Booker and John Lawson (Air traffic control)
Education
- Tony Brown Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (National Council of Black Studies)
- Lerone Bennett Jr. (Black studies programs)
- Sam Cooke (Black college experience)
- Leon DeMoss (First Annual Conference of the National Council of Black Studies)
- Frank Hale, 1972 (Higher education)
- Frank Hale, 1983 (College environment)
- Asa Hillard March 17, 1985 (Scholarly writing affects on race)
- Asa Hillard March 31, 1985 (Egyptian history's affect on European history)
- Clenora Hudson-Weems, Laverne McGowan and Rosalee Wingate (HBCUs)
- William Moss (School desegregation)
- Ike Murray (Black Studies Week at Ohio State)
- Walter Richardson (School desegregation)
- Dorothy Strong (K-12 Discrimination in Education)
- Oscar R. Williams (South to North migrations of Blacks)
Government and Politics
- Ronald Bailey and Mack Jones (Black political candidates)
- Lucius J. Barker (Jesse Jackson's campaign)
- Mary Frances Berry (Reagan administration)
- Ronald Brown (Black political participation)
- Sherrod Brown (then Ohio Secretary of State)
- Willie Brown, Lecture, November 18, 1972 (California politician)
- Willie Brown, Interview, November 18, 1972 (California politician)
- Willie Brown, Lecture, undated (California politician)
- Ben Chavis (Voter turnout, prisons)
- Shirley Chisholm, February 16, 1980 (Congresswoman)
- Shirley Chisholm, undated (Congresswoman)
- Trevor Coleman, Steven Frankhouser and James Hughes (Black political campaigns)
- Peter Davis (Prisons)
- Ronald Dellums (Foreign and domestic policy)
- Ben Espy (Columbus City Council member)
- Harvey B. Gantt, W. Wilson Goode, Fredrico Peña, Maude Bristol Perry (City Mayors)
- William H. Gray III (Congressman)
- Richard G. Hatcher, February 15,1972 (Mayor of Gary, IN)
- Richard G. Hatcher, March 11, 1972 (Mayor of Gary, IN)
- Richard G. Hatcher, March 18, 1972 (Mayor of Gary, IN)
- Richard G. Hatcher, March 25, 1972 (Mayor of Gary, IN)
- Barbara Jordan (Houston representative)
- Leslie F. Manigat (future President of Haiti)
- Macharia Munene (Apartheid, International politics)
- Monte Piliawksy (Mayoral elections)
- Arnold Pinkney (Election mobilization for Black communities)
- Arnold Pinkney (Voter turnout)
- John Quigley (American Invasion of Grenada)
- David Richardson (Pennsylvania House of Representatives member)
- Carl Rowan Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 (Race relations, prisons, education)
- Ivan Van Sertima (African civilizations)
- Ivan Van Sertima (Anglocentricity of academic history)
- Jackie Sovel (Jesse Jackson's campaign)
- James Steele (Politics, capitalism, universities)
- Louis Stokes (Congressman)
- Winston Van Horne (Freedom vs. Equality)
- Ronald Walters (Electing a Black president)
- Carter A. Wilson (Economic policy)
Health and Medicine
- Dr. Edward Pitt (Black health care crisis)
- Dr. Raymond Robinson (Health Care)
Law
- Thomas N. Todd (Lawyer)
- Floyd McKissick (Congress of Racial Equality)
Performing Arts
- Les Brown and Professor Anthony Sweeting ("Soul of Nat Turner")
- Vinie Burrows (Actor)
- Edwin Clay (Director, producer)
- Ossie Davis (Actor, Director, Playwright)
- Dick Gregory (Comedian, Civil Rights activist)
- Karen Williams Hubbard (Black women in performing arts)
- James Roland Mitchell (Ella Fitzgerald's music)
- Mansa Mussa and Sulaimaan Wilson (Sulaimaan dance company)
- Brock Peters (Actor)
- Uhuru Dancers Performance
- Hal Williams (Actor)
Religion and Spirituality
- Yasin Abdullah, Mutawaf Abdul Shaheed and Bilal Abdul Zahir (Islamic Revivalist Movement)
- John Hurst Adams, August 26, 1983 (Bishop of the AME church)
- John Hurst Adams, September 2 1983 (Bishop of the AME church)
- Sam Barber (Gospel music)
- George A. Davis (Gospel Caravan)
- Louis Farrakan (Nation of Islam)
- Louis Farrakan (Christianity, Islam, Higher Education)
- Richard Tolliver (American Black church)
Science and Technology
- Thomas Allen (Pilot)
Society and Social Change
- Deborah Archie (Ohio Coalition Against Apartheid)
- Ronald Bailey, Jan Carew, and Winston Van Horne (Malcolm X's legacy)
- Lionel Barrow (Black coverage in the media)
- Julian Bond (Activist)
- Bob Brown, 1972 (Activist)
- Bob Brown, undated (Activist)
- John H. Clarke and Ivan Van Sertima (Ancient African civilizations)
- Robert Cunningham (Media representation of African Americans)
- Angela Davis (Activist, educator)
- Khari Enaharo, Frank Lomax and Reverend Leon Troy (Black leadership)
- John Fleming (National African American Museum and Cultural Center)
- Fannie Lou Hamer (Activist)
- John E. Jacobs (Civil Rights)
- Annette Jefferson and Rolland Steward (Teen pregnancy resources)
- John Jenkins (Students United Against Apartheid)
- Gus John (British Black culture)
- Billie Brown Jones (African American neighborhoods)
- Manuel Gonzalez (International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in Manhattan)
- Frank Lomax (National Urban League, Columbus chapter)
- Susan Robeson (granddaughter of Paul Robeson)
- Clifford Tyree (Haitian refugees)
- Nathan Wright Jr. (Equal opportunity, Black power)
Sports
- Marino Casem, Harry Edwards, Joe Paterno, Kevin Ross, Gayle Sayers (College athletes)
- Harry Edwards (College athletes)
- Lee Elder (Golfer)
Writing and Publishing
- Maya Angelou (Poet)
- Lerone Bennet Jr. , February 17, 1977 (Senior Editor of Ebony)
- Lerone Bennet Jr., December 13, 1980 (Senior Editor of Ebony)
- Gwendolyn Brooks (Poet)
- O.R. Dathorne (African literature)
- John Stewart (Ethnographic writing)
- Nikki Giovanni (Poet, writer)
- Malvin "Mal" Goode (Journalist and news correspondent)
- Alex Haley, 1972 Part 1 Part 2 ("Roots")
- Alex Haley, 1974 ("Roots)
- George E. Kent (Black writers)
- Amos Lynch (Editor of Columbus Call & Post)
- Haki R. Madhubuti (Author, poet)
- Michele Wallace (Author)
- Samuel Yette Part 1 Part 2 ("The Choice: Black Survival in America")