Alex Haley: The Man Behind The Roots (1977)
Guests: Alex Haley
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Tony Mottley
Duration: 00:30:07
Description: This special broadcast from 1977 features an extended interview with Alex Haley, author of Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X.

Dr. Mehdi (1977)
Guests: Dr. Mehdi
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Tony Mottley
Duration: 00:26:17
Description: This program features host Ron Scott in an extended interview with Dr. M. T. Mehdi, president of the American Arab Relations Committee, discussing America's role in the Middle East.

Bobby Seale (Clip 2) (1978)
Guests: Bobby Seale
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:02:26
Description: The show opens with a recording of one of Bobby Seale's speeches in Oakland in the 1960s about what blacks want, need, and are entitled to in the world.

Coal Strike (1978)
Guests: Helen Huddleston, Burdette Crowe, Len Gross, John Hutchinson, Wayne Busby, Alec Meiklejohn, Kathy Busby, Cecil Roberts, Mike Meares, John Huddleston, Jane English
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:26:22
Description: This program is unusual in the Detroit Black Journal series in that it takes on a topic that does not, on the surface, appear to be directly related to Detroit or African Americans. Nevertheless, it shows the scope of the program's interests.

Coal Strike (Clip 2) (1978)
Guests: John Huddleston, Mike Meares, Jane English, Cecil Roberts, Kathy Busby, Alec Meiklejohn, Wayne Busby, John Hutchinson, Len Gross, Burdette Crowe, Helen Huddleston
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:26:20
Description: The episode opens with statements from President Jimmy Carter announcing the strike settlement. Carter also recognizes the difficulty of the job of a miner. Next is a preview of a family, one who says that the miners have no choice but to stay out of the mines.

Eartha Kitt (1978)
Guests: Eartha Kitt
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Tony Mottley
Duration: 00:30:03
Description: In a sometimes emotional interview, legendary singer, dancer and actress Eartha Kitt talks with host Ron Scott about her career, her personal philosophy, and the professional price she paid for her political honesty.

James Brown (clip 1) (1978)
Guests: James Brown
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:00:00
Description: They begin by talking about Brown’s early life, during which he worked extremely hard and only went as far as the seventh grade. Brown says that his early life taught him about the importance of working hard and gave him an appreciation for struggling to get somewhere, and Scott asks him what he says to youngsters that don’t know what that is like. Brown says that he makes them aware of their ignorance of this, and that they should understand that it exists.

Noel Pointer (1978)
Guests: Noel Pointer
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:29:06
Description: Host Ron Scott and guest Noel Pointer discuss Pointer's career and his new album.

Ntozake Shange and Tessie Hill (December 22, 1978)
Guests: Ntozake Shange, Tessie Hill
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:31:10
Description: Host Ron Scott and guest Ntozake Shange discuss Shange's play. Also, Tessie Hill talks about her music.

Bobby Seale (Part 2) (1979)
Guests: Bobby Seale
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:29:30
Description: Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, talks with host Ron Scott about his role with the Black Panthers, his recently published autobiography, and his new sense of direction for the 1980s. This is the second part of a two part interview in 1978.

Dr. Ben (February 14, 1979)
Guests: Yosef Ben-Jochannan
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:37:09
Description: Host Ron Scott and guest Dr. Yosef Ben-Jochannan discuss African history.

Chuck Jackson (February 16, 1979)
Guests: Chuck Jackson
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Ron Scott
Duration: 00:27:33
Description: Host Ron Scott and guest Chuck Jackson discuss Jackson's career.

Motown Museum (1992)
Guests: Rowena Stewart
Host: Ron Scott
Producer : Carlota Almanza
Duration: 00:19:03
Description: Guest Host Ron Scott and guest Rowena Stewart discuss Stewart's work at the Motown Museum.