Browse shows on: Jim McFarlin

Rock, Radio, and Racism (1983)
Guests: Choker Campbell, Don Davis, Pat Holliday, Ken Lowery, Terry Fox, Ricky Rouse, Brian Sheffield, Larry Strauss, Doug Podell, Jim McFarlin, Fred Jacobs, W. Kim Heron, Niki Buzz, Joe Spencer, Paul Christy, The Electrifying Mojo
Host: Jim Ingram
Producer : Deborah Ray
Duration: 00:58:39
Description: Part 1 of a special about racial discrimination in the music industry, especially with rock music.
Newby-McFarlin-Clegg (November 2, 1987)
Guests: Jim McFarlin, LeGrand Clegg, Robert Newby
Host: Ed Gordon
Producer : Ed Gordon
Duration: 00:28:27
Description: This show is about the stereotypical portrayal of black people in the media. Guests include Jim McFarlin, a TV writer for the Detroit News; over the phone LeGrand Clegg, chairman of the Coalition Against Black Exploitation; and Dr. Robert Newby, a sociologist at Wayne State University.

O.J. Simpson 1994 (July 6, 1994)
Guests: Jim McFarlin, Elbert Hatchett, Emery King
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: 00:28:03
Description: This show is about the media coverage and politics of the O.J. Simpson trial.

Guests include Emery King, an anchor of WDIV-TV; Jim McFarlin, a TV writer for the Detroit News; and attorney Elbert Hatchett.
Reality TV (July 27, 1994)
Guests: Jim McFarlin, Jerry Cleveland, Council Cargle, Kim Newhouse, Alonzo De Carlo
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: 00:28:18
Description: This show explores how realistically blacks are portrayed on TV shows and the impact these shows have on society. It also includes a feature on the play, "A Soldier's Play".

Guests include Jim McFarlin, TV critic for the Detroit News; Jerry Cleveland, the director of "A Soldier's Play"; and actors Council Cargle, Kim Newhouse, and Alonzo De Carlo from "A Soldier's Play".
The Million Man March (1995)
Guests: Jim McFarlin, Jonathan Blakley, Bill Johnson
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: 00:29:15
Description: Host Darryl Wood and guests Jim McFarlin, Jonathan Blakley, and Bill Johnson discuss media coverage of the Million Man March and Louis Farrakhan's speech at the March.
O.J. Simpson 1995 (February 17, 1995)
Guests: Elbert Hatchett, Jim McFarlin, Desiree Cooper
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: 00:29:19
Description: Host Darryl Wood and guests Elbert Hatchett, Jim McFarlin, and Desiree Cooper discuss the O.J. Simpson trial and the factor that race will play in the verdict.
Oscar Blackout (March 29, 1996)
Guests: Greg Mathis, Lisa Wexton, Jim McFarlin
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: 00:27:46
Description: This show is about the status of blacks in Hollywood.
Guests are Judge Greg Mathis; Jim McFarlin, a TV critic for the Detroit Sunday Journal; and Lisa Wexton, a film critic from the Metro Times.