S E1204: In Class with Carr, Ep. 204: The Eagle Has Landed: How do We Fly Without Perching?

This Is Karen Hunter

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Empowerment, Africana Studies, Greg Carr, Karen Hunter, History, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 April 2025

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Greg Carr and Professor Karen Hunter remember the life and legacy of Joe Madison, known as “The Black Eagle,” who passed away on January 31. He was 74.

Joe Madison was a leading figure in American talk radio, who made history on multiple occasions, including in 2015 when he broke the Guinness World Record for “longest marathon hosting a radio talk show” (52 hours live). His efforts raised over $250,000 for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. In that same year he also became the first national, American talk show in more than 50 years to broadcast live from Cuba.

Madison was also a civil rights activist known for staging protests and acts of civil disobedience, and a key figure in the top circles of African American leadership and activism. A native of Dayton, Ohio, he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, which awarded him an honorary doctorate in 2019. In that same year he was also elected to the National Radio Hall of Fame in recognition of over 40 years in broadcasting. His signature line when people called his show to speak about injustice was “What are you going to do about it?”

Madison is survived by his wife, Sherry; his children Jason, Monesha, Shawna and Michelle; his five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

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0:00.0	this is karen hunter and welcome to in class with car this is a space where during the pandemic
0:07.7	we imagined what it would look like to teach a class online that would be for the world and it
0:14.4	started with a simple question can i press record it was a question that i asked of the people's professor
0:19.9	dr gray car At the time,
0:22.0	he was the head of Africana Studies at Howard University. He's still teaching the world. And in this
0:26.8	space, we have been going strong since 2020. And it has been amazing. So tune in to In Class
0:33.8	with Carr. And thank you for joining us. You can follow us by the way at
0:37.9	Narrative with a K. Join us Narrative with a K. The K is silent like knowledge. K
0:43.0	N-A-R-R-A-T-I-V-E narrative.com. If you want to have a deeper relationship with us,
0:49.5	join us there. Stay tuned. And all of this is in the books. I'm doing a TV that Harado was, this was when the, hey, the first beginning of talk
0:59.0	radio.
1:00.0	And there was this argument about black folk, black folk and talk radio, but there weren't
1:07.0	a lot of black folk.
1:09.0	And the program director of W.A.B.C.
1:12.6	Haroldo asked him legitimately,
1:15.8	why don't you have any black folk in a New York
1:20.7	and you don't have a single black person?
1:23.5	And he said, oh, well, we have to think about it.
1:26.1	And then somebody spoke up and said, well, you do have think about it. And then somebody spoke up and said,
1:27.6	well, you do have a black person.
1:29.5	And I can't remember the man's name now.
1:31.8	And he said, oh, well, we don't think of him as black.
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