Browse shows on: Mel Farr
Blacks in Sports (June 8, 1987)
Guests: Earl Lloyd, Joe Lapointe, Mel Farr, Gates Brown
Host: Ed Gordon,
Producer : Trudy Gallant, Ed Gordon
Duration: 00:26:31
Description: This show is about racism in sports. Guests include Mel Farr, a former player for the Detroit Lions; Gates Brown, a former player for the Detroit Tigers; Earl Lloyd, former coach of the Detroit Pistons; and over the phone, Joe Lapointe, a writer for the Detroit Free Press.
Guests: Earl Lloyd, Joe Lapointe, Mel Farr, Gates Brown
Host: Ed Gordon,
Producer : Trudy Gallant, Ed Gordon
Duration: 00:26:31
Description: This show is about racism in sports. Guests include Mel Farr, a former player for the Detroit Lions; Gates Brown, a former player for the Detroit Tigers; Earl Lloyd, former coach of the Detroit Pistons; and over the phone, Joe Lapointe, a writer for the Detroit Free Press.
Best of Show (1988)
Guests: Paul (no last name), Ted (no last name), Marvin Thomas, Mel Farr, Avvonne Mannings, Robert Newby, Tyrone Tilory, Chauncey Bailey, Jim McFarlin, LeGrand Clegg, Edmund Millet, Arthur Jefferson, Mzee Nabwi, Kay Everett, Susan Watson, Miki Howard, Sean Levert, Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon, Natalie Cole, Al Green, Marvin Winans, Michael Winans, Ronald Winans, Carvin Winans, Isaac Hayes, Levi Stubbs, Abdul Fakir, Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Payton
Host: Ed Gordon
Producer : Ed Gordon, Trudy Gallant
Duration: 00:27:40
Description: This show is an end-of -year special, featuring clips from the show throughout 1987.
Guests: Paul (no last name), Ted (no last name), Marvin Thomas, Mel Farr, Avvonne Mannings, Robert Newby, Tyrone Tilory, Chauncey Bailey, Jim McFarlin, LeGrand Clegg, Edmund Millet, Arthur Jefferson, Mzee Nabwi, Kay Everett, Susan Watson, Miki Howard, Sean Levert, Gerald Levert, Marc Gordon, Natalie Cole, Al Green, Marvin Winans, Michael Winans, Ronald Winans, Carvin Winans, Isaac Hayes, Levi Stubbs, Abdul Fakir, Renaldo Benson, Lawrence Payton
Host: Ed Gordon
Producer : Ed Gordon, Trudy Gallant
Duration: 00:27:40
Description: This show is an end-of -year special, featuring clips from the show throughout 1987.

Guests: Theresa Jones, Charles Harrell, Mel Farr, Nathan Conyers
Host: Cliff Russell
Producer : Carlota Almanza
Duration: 00:27:46
Description: Originally broadcast in January 1993, the program consists of a roundtable discussion, moderated by host Cliff Russell, between four prominent African American auto dealers from the Detroit area: Mel Farr, a former star athlete with the Detroit Lions, owner of Mel Farr Ford, and chairman of the Black Auto Dealers Association; Charles Harrell, owner of Harrell Chevrolet; Theresa Jones, owner of Northwestern Dodge and former director of nursing at Henry Ford Hospital; and Nathan Conyers, owner of Riverside Ford. This program explores the status and progress of African Americans in the U.S. auto industry as the owners of auto dealerships.
Blacks and the Auto Industry (July 12, 1993)
Guests: Mel Farr, Nathan Conyers, Chuck Harrell, Theresa Jones
Host: Cliff Russell
Producer : Carlota Almanza
Duration: 00:28:17
Description: This show is a discussion with local auto dealers.
Guests include Mel Farr, former football player and currently (at the time) chairman of National Black Automakers Association; Nathan Conyers of Riverside Ford; Chuck Harrell of Harrell Chevrolet; and Theresa Jones of Northwestern Dodge.
Guests: Mel Farr, Nathan Conyers, Chuck Harrell, Theresa Jones
Host: Cliff Russell
Producer : Carlota Almanza
Duration: 00:28:17
Description: This show is a discussion with local auto dealers.
Guests include Mel Farr, former football player and currently (at the time) chairman of National Black Automakers Association; Nathan Conyers of Riverside Ford; Chuck Harrell of Harrell Chevrolet; and Theresa Jones of Northwestern Dodge.
New Work for a New Generation (1994)
Guests: Mel Farr, Harold Martin
Host: Darryl Wood [bio]Darryl Wood hosted the show for ten years from 1988 to 1998 under the title American Black Journal. His shows focused on the skills and talents of many of the nation's leading African-American business people.
Producer : Tony Mottley
Duration: 00:27:30
Description: This show about entrepreneurship, focuses on the lives and work of two black entrepreneurs -- Harold Martin, former racecar driver and automotive engineer, now CEO of MVP Footwear, an international African American shoe company Martin founded; and Mel Farr, former football player, now automobile dealership owner.
Guests: Mel Farr, Harold Martin
Host: Darryl Wood [bio]Darryl Wood hosted the show for ten years from 1988 to 1998 under the title American Black Journal. His shows focused on the skills and talents of many of the nation's leading African-American business people.
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Producer : Tony Mottley
Duration: 00:27:30
Description: This show about entrepreneurship, focuses on the lives and work of two black entrepreneurs -- Harold Martin, former racecar driver and automotive engineer, now CEO of MVP Footwear, an international African American shoe company Martin founded; and Mel Farr, former football player, now automobile dealership owner.
Mel Farr and Susan Taylor (May 4, 1994)
Guests: Mel Farr, Susan Taylor
Host: Darryl Wood [bio]Darryl Wood hosted the show for ten years from 1988 to 1998 under the title American Black Journal. His shows focused on the skills and talents of many of the nation's leading African-American business people.
Producer : Tony Mottley
Duration: 00:28:10
Description: Host Darryl Wood and guest Mel Farr discuss Farr's work ethic and his plan for success. Also, an interview with Susan Taylor about her work as the editor-in-chief of Essence magazine.
Guests: Mel Farr, Susan Taylor
Host: Darryl Wood [bio]Darryl Wood hosted the show for ten years from 1988 to 1998 under the title American Black Journal. His shows focused on the skills and talents of many of the nation's leading African-American business people.
Click for full biography
Producer : Tony Mottley
Duration: 00:28:10
Description: Host Darryl Wood and guest Mel Farr discuss Farr's work ethic and his plan for success. Also, an interview with Susan Taylor about her work as the editor-in-chief of Essence magazine.