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James Weldon Johnson (Episode 13 of 14)

Ted Vincent discusses the life and work of poet, historian, and social critic James Weldon Johnson, paying particular attention to his ten years as National Secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Robert S. Abbott : middle-class Black Radicalism (Episode 12 of 14)

Ted Vincent discusses the efforts of Black middle-class radical Robert S. Abbott, who promoted the "great migration" of Blacks from the South to the North during World War I, and was editor-publisher of the Chicago Defender for 35 years.

George Schuyler (Episode 11 of 14)

Ted Vincent discusses George S. Schuyler, a young socialist of the early 1920s who gradually evolved into a bitter defeatist.

W.E.B. DuBois (Episode 10 of 14)

Ted Vincent discusses the life and work of W.E.B. DuBois, author, scholar, and founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Pan African Congress, and the Niagara movement.

The Poston family: a history of Black Radicalism (Episode 9 of 14)

Ted Vincent traces the family history of the Postons, from the patriarch Ephraim Poston through three leading Garveyites, Robert Lincoln Poston, Ulysses Grant Poston, and Arthur Poston, to a leading New Dealer and columnist for the New York Post, Ted (Theodore Roosevelt) Poston.

Benjamin J. Davis : Jr. And Sr. (Episode 8 of 14)

Ted Vincent compares Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. and his father, Benjamin J. Davis, Sr. The elder Davis is a Black Republican from Georgia, and his son a Communist city councilman in New York.

Harry Haywood and the African Blood Brotherhood (Episode 7 of 14)

Ted Vincent explores the work of Harry Haywood (born Haywood Hall), who, in addition to being a member of the African Blood Brotherhood, also initiated the Black Belt Republic scheme into the Communist Party, and continued as a Black Nationalist theorist.

Hubert H. Harrison and Samuel A. Haynes (Episode 6 of 14)

Ted Vincent discusses Hubert H. Harrison, a socialist and Garveyite, who participated in the Harlem Renaissance, as well as Samuel Alfred Haynes, a Garveyite columnist with a noteworthy social consciousness.

Briggs and the Marxist African Blood Brotherhood (Episode 5 of 14)

In this fifth episode, Ted Vincent discusses Cyril V. Briggs, founder of the Marxist oriented "African Blood Brotherhood" of the 1920's. Briggs later became a Communist Party member, and at the time of the recording was active in the Black power movement.

A biography of Marcus Garvey (Episode 4 of 14)

Ted Vincent provides a brief biographical sketch of the Jamaican immigrant Marcus Garvey, in which Vincent attempts to explain how Garvey conveyed his self-confidence to others, and thus build an organization which bridged three continents.

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