{"id":24337,"date":"2012-07-14T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2012-07-14T18:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=24337"},"modified":"2012-07-14T18:55:36","modified_gmt":"2012-07-14T18:55:36","slug":"honoring-robert-lee-vann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=24337","title":{"rendered":"Honoring Robert Lee Vann"},"content":{"rendered":"

Honoring Robert Lee Vann<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The State of Things<\/a>
\nWUNC 91.5, North Carolina Public Radio<\/a>
\n2012-07-10<\/p>\n

Frank Stasio<\/a><\/strong>, Host<\/p>\n

Sarah Edwards<\/a><\/strong>, Co-Host<\/p>\n

Guests<\/p>\n

Marvin Jones<\/a><\/strong>
\nChowan Discovery Group<\/em><\/p>\n

Cash Michaels<\/strong>, Editor, Chief Reporter\/Photographer and Columnist
\nThe Carolinian<\/em><\/p>\n

North Carolina<\/a> native Robert Lee Vann<\/a> was a pioneer of journalism during his lifetime. He served as editor of “The Pittsburgh Courier<\/a>” which was the largest black newspaper in circulation until Vann\u2019s death in 1940. He was recently commemorated in his hometown of Ahoskie, NC<\/a> with a long-earned historical marker<\/a>. Marvin Jones of the Chowan Discovery Group<\/a> and Cash Michaels, editor of The Carolinian<\/a><\/em>, join host Frank Stasio to talk about both Vann’s legacy and the legacy of the black press.<\/p>\n

Listen to interview here<\/a>. Download the interview here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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