Oral history interview with Norman Powell 1971; Audio Clip

Journalist and advertising manager Norman Powell discusses qualities other than the ability to make a profit that make a good newspaper man. - Excerpt from full interview with Norman Powell: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-y8yw-jb16 - Reproduced in Meddlesome Practices: Oral Histories of Good Troublemaking in Business is an online exhibition of business-related oral histories from the Oral History Archive at Columbia. Visit the exhibition website here: https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/2022/03/01/meddlesome-practices

Oral history interview with Doris Wooten Wesley 1971; Audio Clip 1

Doris Wooten Wesley, a social worker and newspaper publisher, describes the crucial role of advertising from Black businessmen and Black churches, who purchased advertisements in her family’s newspaper. - Excerpt from full interview with Doris Wooten Wesley: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-82tm-xn83 - Reproduced in Meddlesome Practices: Oral Histories of Good Troublemaking in Business is an online exhibition of business-related oral histories from the Oral History Archive at Columbia. Visit the exhibition website here: https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/2022/03/01/meddlesome-practices

Oral history interview with Doris Wooten Wesley 1971; Audio Clip 2

Doris Wooten Wesley describes her late husband Carter Wesley’s dedication to reporting on racist policing in their newspaper even when police reacted with violence, which eventually led to Carter Wesley’s death. - Excerpt from full interview with Doris Wooten Wesley: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-82tm-xn83 - Reproduced in Meddlesome Practices: Oral Histories of Good Troublemaking in Business is an online exhibition of business-related oral histories from the Oral History Archive at Columbia. Visit the exhibition website here: https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/rbml/2022/03/01/meddlesome-practices