| Running time | 30 min |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | WNYU-FM |
| Hosted by | Roscoe Brown |
| Original release | 1971 – 1986 |
| Audio format | FM radio |
Soul of Reason was a talk radio show focused on African American arts and culture, hosted by Roscoe Brown from 1971 to 1986 on WNYU-FM, with rebroadcast on WNBC and at times WNBC-FM.[1][2]
Background
Production
Topics
Guests
| Year | Guest | Guest Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Cudsville, Donald | President of the Harlem Urban Development Corporation (HUDC) |
| 1971-10-26 | Moses, Gil | Director of the Broadway Play Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death |
| 1973-01-08 | Walker, Jim | Book editor and Advertising Manager for Black Creation Magazine |
| 1973-01-14 | Fortune, Dr. Hilda | Professor of Sociology at York College of the City University of New York |
| 1973-03-25 | Gunn, Bill | Playwright and director of the Black Picture Show |
| 1973-06-19 | Dorsey, Carolyn | Instructor at the NYU School of Education and Fellow at the NYU Institute of Afro-American Affairs |
| 1973-07-15 | White, Louis | Director of the Wiltwyck Schools |
| 1973-07-29 | Davis, Nat | Assistant director for the Community-Oriented Drug Education Program of Harlem Teams for Self-Help |
| 1973-08-19 | Murray, James P. | Film critic, film editor of the New York Amsterdam News, and editor of Black Creation |
| 1973-08-26 | Barron, Allan | Publisher of Black Sports magazine |
| 1973-09-16 | Russell, Harvey C. | Vice president of PepsiCo and Co-Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Dinner |
| 1973-09-25 | Finch, Connie | Sophomore NYU Student involved in Black Student Affairs |
| 1973-11-13 | Anglada, Mario | Executive director of ASPIRA of New York |
| 1973-11-20 | Covington, William | Special assistant to the project director of the Urban League's Youth Enrichment Program |
| 1973-11-27 | Taylor, Cecil | Musician |
| 1973-12-04 | Clarke, Richard | Founder of Richard Clarke Associates |
| 1973-12-11 | Lacy, Diane | Coordinator of the National Conference on Drug Abuse |
| 1973-12-16 | Williams, Charles | Assistant Council of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
| 1973-12-18 | Cintron, Umberto | Executive producer of the Television Show, Realidades |
| 1973-12-30 | Figueroa, Jose-Angel | Poet and author of the book East 110th Street |
| 1974 | Patterson, Basil | Vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. |
| 1974-01-14 | Bertram, Cliff | Track Coach at New York University |
| 1974-01-21 | Salamu, Mashujaa A. and Khaliq Abdul Al Rouf | Musicians from the Group Ensemble, Al Salaam |
| 1974-01-22 | Harvin, Al | Sports Writer for The New York Times |
| 1974-01-28 | King, Woodie, Jr. | Playwright, director, and producer of the musical The Prodigal Sister |
| 1974-01-30 | Feinstein, Dr. Alan and Ambassador Ogbu | Author of African Revolutionary: The Life and Times of Nigeria's Aminu Kano and the Ambassador of Nigeria |
| 1974-02-05 | Boyd, Dr. Robert | Associate professor of dentistry and chairman of the minority recruitment committee at the Brookdale Dental Center for the NYU College of Dentistry |
| 1974-03-12 | Sullivan, Maxine | Singer |
| 1974-03-19 | Christmas, Dr. June | Commissioner for New York City's Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation |
| 1974-03-26 | Capers, Virginia | Actress in the Musical Raisin |
| 1974-04-16 | Williams, Mary Lou | Jazz pianist |
| 1974-04-23 | Patterson, Basil | Vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee |
| 1974-04-30 | Turman, Glynn and Loretta Green | Actor and actress from the Broadway Play What the Wine-Sellers Buy |
| 1974-05-14 | Kemp, Emme | Singer and Composer |
| 1974-05-21 | White, Dr. Herbert L. | Testing specialist and the director of the executive unit of the Rep Program of the New York City Department of Personnel |
| 1974-06-04 | Williams, Bob | Founder of the Sports Foundation and the director of community programs for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation |
| 1974-06-05 | Holloman, Dr. John | President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
| 1974-06-26 | Cowell, Stanley | Pianist and a producer at Strata East Records |
| 1974-07-17 | Martin, Bob | Director of Communications for the Capital Formation Corporation |
| 1974-07-24 | Davis, Robert | Assistant commissioner for the New York City Agency for Child Development |
| 1974-08-06 | Green, Essie | Social Services Research Specialist |
| 1974-08-11 | Kennedy, Scott | Professor of speech and drama at Brooklyn College and author of the book In Search of African Theatre |
| 1974-08-13 | Higgins, Chester, Jr. | Photographer |
| 1974-08-20 | Williams, Bob and Ronald Lee Gaudreau | Executive vice president of the New York City Bicentennial Corporation, and the director of Community Programs for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation |
| 1974-08-27 | Killens, John O. | Author of the Historic Novel Youngblood |
| 1974-09-04 | Mitchem, Dr. John | Chairman of the Department of Compensatory Programs at Baruch College of the City University of New York |
| 1974-09-10 | Pinero, Miguel | Playwright and author of Short Eyes |
| 1974-09-17 | Meminger, Dean | American basketball player of the New York Knicks and the Atlanta Hawks |
| 1974-09-24 | Broughton, Modeen and Cheryl Goggins | Coordinator and assistant coordinator of the Congressional Black Caucus Dinner |
| 1974-10-02 | Neal, James | Representative from National Artists Coalition, Inc. |
| 1974-10-09 | Gidron, Dick | Business owner of Dick Gidron Cadillacs |
| 1974-10-09 | Sandler, Joan | Executive director of the Black Theatre Alliance |
| 1974-10-30 | Weathers, Diane and Camille Billops | Co-editor of and contributor to Black Creation Magazine and faculty member of the Art Departments at Rutgers University and the City University of New York |
| 1974-11-20 | Brown, Courtney | New York State Division of Human Rights |
| 1974-11-26 | Artist, Ruth | Interior decorator |
| 1974-12-03 | Bryant, Linda | Director of the Just Above Midtown Gallery |
| 1974-12-10 | Mays, Charles and Herb Douglas | Director of the Black Athletes Hall of Frame, and vice president of Shefflin Corporation and chairman of the board of the Black Athletes Hall of Fame |
| 1974-12-11 | Jeffries, Dr. Leonard | Director of Black studies at the City College of New York |
| 1974-12-17 | Goodwin, Steven | Investment executive and investment counselor at Hayden Stone & Company |
| 1975 | Bailey, Peter | Associate editor of Black Enterprise Magazine |
| 1975 | Harris, Diane, Frances Gibson, and William Kornblum | Public Involvement assistant, recreation specialist, and a member of the planning board for the Gateway National Recreation Area |
| 1975-02-18 | Jordan, Richard | Director of national urban services for the Boys Club of America |
| 1975-02-25 | Kornblum, William, Herb Cables, and Frances Gibson | Representatives from the Gateway National Recreational Center of the National Park Service |
| 1975-03-01 | Zollner, Joy | Representative from the Organization RAINS (Relief for Africans in Need in the Sahel) |
| 1975-03-11 | Edley, Christopher | Executive director of the United Negro College Fund |
| 1975-03-26 | Wright, Samuel | Councilman for 26th Council District in Brooklyn |
| 1975-04-08 | Toote, Dr. Gloria | Assistant secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development |
| 1975-04-09 | Yancy, Joe | Track athlete and the co-founder of the New York Pioneer Club |
| 1975-04-14 | Gourdine, Simon | Deputy commissioner for the National Basketball Association |
| 1975-04-22 | Alexander, Jesse and Fred Hill | YMCA representatives |
| 1975-04-23 | Lewis, Ed and Marcia Gillespie | Publisher and editor of Essence magazine |
| 1975-04-29 | Williams, John A. | Professor of English at LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York and author of Mothersill and the Foxes |
| 1975-05-13 | Hinds, Lennox | National director of the National Conference of Black Lawyers |
| 1975-05-14 | Loney, Dr. Roderick | Chairman of the Academic Development Division at Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York |
| 1975-05-28 | Holloman, Dr. John | President of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
| 1975-06-11 | Ward, Douglas Turner | Director of the Negro Ensemble Company and producer of First Breeze of Summer |
| 1975-06-17 | Batchelor, Ron | Executive director of Broad Jump |
| 1975-06-24 | Archer, Lee | Director of equal opportunity of affairs of the General Foods Corporation and chairman of the North Street Capital Corporation |
| 1975-07-01 | Bullins, Ed | Author of The Taking of Miss Janie |
| 1975-07-15 | King, Angela | Social affairs officer of the United Nations |
| 1975-07-16 | Jones, Martha and Diane Lacey | Public relations director of the Women's Action Alliance, and special assistant to the president of the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation |
| 1975-08-05 | Hamilton, Dr. Charles | Political scientist and president of the Metropolitan Applied Research Center |
| 1975-08-12 | Younger, Eddie | Athlete, representative from the New York City Department of Recreation, and a board member for the Harlem Professional, Inc. |
| 1975-09-02 | Maynard, Joan | Executive director of the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History |
| 1975-09-09 | Taylor, Emory | Director of the Harlem Opera Society |
| 1975-09-17 | Wright, Dr. Stephen | Vice president of the College Entrance Examination Board |
| 1975-09-23 | Harris, Richard and Sergeant James Hargrove | President of the Vulcan Society and president of The Guardians Association |
| 1975-09-23 | Sparks, George and William Alston | Grand Master of the King George Grand Lodge and publisher of the Long Island Courier |
| 1975-10-01 | Dempsey, Ellen, Robert Williams, and Florence Jackson | Two representatives from the New York City Bicentennial Corporation and the director of social studies for New York City Board of Education |
| 1975-10-15 | Lewis, Jerry and Marion Bondurant | Executive director and assistant director of development for the National Medical Fellowships |
| 1975-10-29 | Thomas, Franklin | President of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation |
| 1975-10-29 | Rainford, Patricia Luces | Associate director of the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center |
| 1975-11-11 | Barron, Allan | Publisher of Black Sports magazine |
| 1975-11-12 | Goodwin, Steven | Investment counselor and option specialist for U.S. Option International, Inc. |
| 1975-11-12 | Gayle, Addison | Writer, critic and associate professor of English at Baruch College of the City University of New York |
| 1975-12-10 | Furman, Roger | Playwright and director of the New Heritage Repertory Theatre in Harlem |
| 1976-01-07 | Clark, Sam | Radio Personality and producer of the Record Black Americans |
| 1976-01-07 | Frazier, Cliff | Administrator of Third World Cinema |
| 1976-01-13 | Coombs, Orde | Author and critic |
| 1976-01-14 | Carr, Ivory | Assistant director of Ambulatory Care at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital and Medical Center |
| 1976-01-21 | Bullock, Kathleen, Mark Millander, and Terry Smith | Students from the New York City Executive High School Intern Program |
| 1976-02-04 | Wallace, Robert E. | Executive director of the National Interagency Council on Smoking and Health |
| 1976-02-04 | Hutson, Jean Blackwell | Chief of the Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture |
| 1976-02-18 | Barnes, Arthur | President of the New York Urban Coalition |
| 1976-03-03 | Suggs, Dr. Dolores | Assistant to the Dean of Student Affairs at the New York University College of Dentistry |
| 1976-03-23 | Armstead-Johnson, Dr. Helen | Director of the Afro-American Theater Museum and professor of English at York College of the City University of New York |
| 1976-04-28 | White, Dr. Herbert | Representative from the New York City Department of Personnel |
| 1976-05-11 | Walker, Dr. Wyatt T. | Canaan Baptist Church of Harlem |
| 1976-05-26 | Bailey, Peter | Executive director of the Black Theatre Alliance |
| 1976-06-01 | Moore, Bob and Jean Carrie Bond | Representatives from The Council on Interracial Books for Children and the Foundation for Change |
| 1976-06-29 | Patterson, Pat and Fatima Shaik | Editor-at-large at Black Enterprise Magazine, staff member of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs at NYU and Coordinator for the AEJ Summer Journalism Program |
| 1976-06-30 | Greaves, William | Independent filmmaker and producer of From These Roots |
| 1976-06-30 | Brown, Howard | Medical director of The New York Times and assistant professor of Clinical Medicine at New York University |
| 1976-06-30 | Patterson, John, Jr. | President of the South Bronx Economic Development Corporation |
| 1976-07-07 | Morris, Horace | Executive director of the New York Urban League |
| 1976-07-13 | Wein, Joyce | Associate producer of Newport in New York Jazz Festival |
| 1976-08-11 | Dinkins, David | Chairman for the Council of Black Elected Democrats of New York State |
| 1976-09-21 | Webb, Dr. Arnold | Executive director of the Division of Educational Planning and Support for the New York City Board of Education |
| 1976-09-26 | Carter, Dr. Ralph D. | Assistant professor of History at Livingston College of Rutgers University |
| 1976-10-12 | Patterson, Pat | Editor-at-large at Black Enterprise Magazine and instructor from the Association for Journalism's Summer Institute for Minorities |
| 1976-10-20 | Robeson, Paul, Jr. | Head of the Paul Robeson Archives |
| 1976-10-26 | Bondurant, Marion, Dr. Beny J. Primm, and Clementine Butts | Director of development, co-chairperson, and benefit committee chairperson from National Medical Fellowships, Inc. |
| 1976-10-27 | Holloman, Dr. J. L. S. | President of the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation |
| 1976-11-02 | Florence Jackson, Carol Banks, and Robert Williams | Director for the Center for the Humanities and the Arts of the New York City Board of Education, staff member of NYU's Institute of Afro-American Affairs, and the director of community affairs for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation |
| 1976-11-30 | Herring, Leonard | Public relations specialist for the film Sounder Part 2 |
| 1976-12-07 | Pigatt, Anderson | Sculptor |
| 1976-12-14 | Lynch, Dr. Hollis | Professor of history for the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University |
| 1976-12-28 | Gutman, Dr. Herbert | Professor and author of the Black Family in Slavery and Freedom |
| 1977 | Rodgers, Rod | Choreographer and director of the Rod Rodgers Dance Company |
| 1977 | Saidy, Jay, Bakari Sidibe, and Sam Kinte | Journalist for the Gambian News Bulletin, minister of cultural affairs, and the Gambian cousin of author Alex Haley |
| 1977 | McDougald, Drew | Director of the Queens Branch of the New York Urban League and Carlisle Towery and executive director of the Greater Jamaica Development Corporation |
| 1977 | McIntyre, Diane | Choreographer for the Negro Ensemble Company's production of The Great MacDaddy and founder of the Company, Sounds and Motion |
| 1977-01-04 | Perkins, William Eric and Eric Foner | Professor from Temple University, and professor from City College of the City University of New York |
| 1977-01-06 | Basil Patterson | Vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee |
| 1977-01-12 | Sutton, Honorable Percy E. | Borough President of Manhattan |
| 1977-01-12 | Alston, Dr. Lester | Clinical psychologist and associate professor of education at Baruch College of the City University of New York |
| 1977-01-19 | Deas, Dr. Gerald | Physician from the Department of Internal Medicine at Jamaica Hospital |
| 1977-02-09 | Olugebefula, Dr. Ademola and Jean Taylor | Vice president of the national board of directors and executive Secretary of the National Conference of Artists |
| 1977-02-22 | Ward, Willie and Howard Scheffey | President, and past president and chairman of the board of the New York City Black Policemen's Organization The Guardians |
| 1977-03-01 | French, Arthur | Performer in the Negro Ensemble Company's Play Brownsville Raid |
| 1977-03-08 | Burns, Dr. Haywood | Associate professor of law at the New York University School of Law |
| 1977-03-16 | Jackson, Florence | Director for the Center for the Humanities and Arts for the New York City Board of Education |
| 1977-03-22 | Cooper, Jocelyn and Patricia Dempsey | Coordinator of Foods and Nutrition of the Council Against Poverty and the Community Development Agency, and the deputy director of Food-Stamp Alert |
| 1977-03-30 | Robinson, David | Representative from United Harlem Growth, Inc. |
| 1977-03-30 | Goldman, Cathy and James Hill | Representatives from the New York City School Breakfast Committee |
| 1977-04-05 | Barnes, Arthur | President of the New York Urban Coalition |
| 1977-04-12 | Perkins, Joseph | Director of the Mid-Manhattan Branch of the NAACP's "Operation Rebound Project" |
| 1977-05-03 | Williams, Mary Lou and Peter O'Brien | Jazz pianist and producer |
| 1977-05-04 | Montgomery, Barbara | Actress from La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club's Macbeth |
| 1977-05-10 | Stewart, Ellen | La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club |
| 1977-05-21 | Carr, Ivory | Director of the outpatient department at the Jewish Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn |
| 1977-06-01 | Killens, John O. | Author of The Resurrection of Alexander Pushkin |
| 1977-06-15 | Stewart, Ruth Ann | Assistant Curator for the Schomburg Center for research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library |
| 1977-06-21 | Rowe, Billy and John Procope | Journalist, and the publisher of NY Amsterdam News |
| 1977-06-22 | Ford, Connie | Executive director of the Police Athletic League |
| 1977-07-05 | Jones, Duane | Executive director of the Black Theatre Alliance |
| 1977-07-20 | X | Roberts, Lillian -- Associate director of District Council #37 |
| 1977-07-20 | Barron, Allan | Editor and publisher of Black Sports magazine |
| 1977-07-28 | Rhoden, John, Romare Bearden, and Larry Wilson | Sculptor, artist, and a representative from Philip Morris, Inc. |
| 1977-08-09 | Jackson Christmas, Dr. June | Commissioner of Mental Health Services in New York City |
| 1977-08-23 | Thompson, Dr. Leon | Director of education activities for the New York Philharmonic |
| 1977-08-30 | Grymes, Sandra | North East Regional director for Planned Parenthood Federation, Inc. |
| 1977-09-06 | Patterson, Jamelle and Dianne McDonald | Founder of the Patterson School, and an instructor at the Patterson School |
| 1977-09-13 | Byer, Lavenia, Jeanette Fields, and Andrew Henderson | Coordinator, chairperson and consultant from the Freedom Funds United Foundation |
| 1977-09-20 | Williams, Franklin | President of the Phelps-Stokes Fund and former United States Ambassador to Ghana |
| 1977-09-22 | Lenior, Henry and Livingston Francis | Group vice president of the YMCA of Greater New York and the executive director of the Harlem YMCA |
| 1977-09-22 | Henderson, Butler T. | Executive director of the Earl Warren Legal Training Program of the NAACP's Legal Defense and Education Fund |
| 1977-09-29 | Webb, Dr. Arnold | Executive director of the Division of Education of New York City's Board of Education |
| 1977-10-06 | Williams, Charles T. "Chuck" | Vice president of the Schenley Affiliated Brands Corporation and member of the board for the Jackie Robinson Foundation |
| 1977-10-13 | Jordan, Richard | Director of the Urban Services Division of the Boys Clubs of America |
| 1977-10-25 | Turner, Robert | Firefighter and president of the Vulcan Society |
| 1977-11-03 | Barnes, Arthur and Reverend Frederick E. Dennard | President of the Urban Coalition and executive director of Harlem Interfaith Counseling Service |
| 1977-11-03 | Dempsey, Ellen and Charlotte Frank | Dempsey, Ellen and Charlotte Frank -- Project Coordinator for the New York City Bicentennial Corporation and a Representative from the New York City Board of Education "Scholars Series" |
| 1977-11-17 | Lynch, Professor Hollis | Political scientist and African history specialist from Columbia University |
| 1977-12-01 | Huggins, Dr. Nathan | Professor of history at Columbia University and author of Black Odyssey |
| 1977-12-18 | Higginsen, Vy | Founder and publisher of Unique New York Magazine |
| 1978 | Davis, Gordon | Commissioner of Parks and Recreation for the City of New York |
| 1978 | Jones, Robert Earle | Actor, athlete, scholar, and patron of the arts |
| 1978 | Butts, Dr. Hugh | Director of the Bronx Psychiatric Center |
| 1978 | Presley, Calvin | Executive director of Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. |
| 1978-01-19 | Wilkins, Roger | Urban affairs columnist for The New York Times |
| 1978-01-19 | Chance, Cathy | Special assistant for urban affairs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| 1978-06-08 | Huggins, Dr. Nathan | Professor of history at Columbia University and author of Black Odyssey |
Preservation
References
- ↑ "Soul of Reason: Archiving a Historic 1970s Black and Latinx Radio Program". wp.nyu.edu. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-06-19.
- ↑ "Home". nyu-dss.github.io.
- ↑ "Guide to the Records of the Institute of African American Affairs RG.9.8". New York University Archives. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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