BTM Series History
SEASON ONE
SEPTEMBER 22, 2005Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities, and Professor of Religious Studies and Africana Studies, at the University of Pennsylvania
OCTOBER 18, 2005Dr. Thomas Shapiro, Pokross professor of law and social policy, Brandeis University's Heller School for Social Policy and Management
NOVEMBER 11, 2005Professor Kimberle Crenshaw, Professor of Law, UCLA and Columbia Law Schools
JANUARY 26, 2006Ann Coulter, New York Times bestselling author
FEBRUARY 7, 2006
Jeff Johnson, Host, “The Jeff Johnson Chronicles,” Black Entertainment Television
MARCH 27, 2006
Roslyn Brock, Vice Chairman, NAACP
APRIL 11, 2006Karrine Steffans, Author, Confessions of a Video Vixen
SEASON TWO
SEPTEMBER 15, 2006The Walter L. Kimbrough Leadership Institute Lecture
Dr. Cornel West, Professor of Religion, Princeton University
OCTOBER 17, 2006A. J. Calloway, Host / Educator / Motivational Speaker / Entrepreneur
NOVEMBER 6, 2006Joan Morgan, Author, When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost
The Darragh Foundation LectureJonathan Kozol, Author, The Shame of the Nation
FEBRUARY 7, 2007
Dr. Na’im Akbar, Afrocentric Psychologist and Scholar
MC Lyte, Pioneering Hip-Hop Artist
Ward Connerly, Author, Creating Equal: My Fight Against Race Preferences
SEASON THREE
The Coca-Cola LectureAmbassador Andrew Young, Civil Rights Icon
The Darragh Foundation LectureJuan Williams, Award-winning Journalist and author, Enough – The Phony Leaders, Dead-End Movements and Culture of Failure That Are Undermining Black America- and What We Can Do About It
Free, Former Co-host, BET’s “106 & Park”
The Clifford and Alma Minton Lecture
Rev. Al Sharpton, Civil Rights Activist
Judge Glenda Hatchett, “Judge Hatchett Show”
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 2008 Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Director, African American & Diaspora Studies, and Professor of French and Italian, Vanderbilt University; Author, Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip-Hop's Hold On Young Black Women
SEASON FOUR
SEPTEMBER 16, 2008James Carville, Political Consultant
OCTOBER 15, 2008Dr. William Jelani Cobb, Associate Professor of History, Spelman CollegeAuthor, "The Devil and Dave Chappelle"
NOVEMBER 10, 2008Roland Martin, Award Winning JournalistCNN/ Tom Joyner Morning Show/ Essence Magazine
JANUARY 21, 2009Dr. Julia Hare, Executive DirectorThe Black Think Tank
FEBRUARY 4, 2009Kirk Franklin, Award Winning Gospel Artist
MARCH 25, 2009Susan L. Taylor, Editor Emerita, Essence Magazine
APRIL 11, 2009Dr. Charles Murray, Co-Author, "The Bell Curve" and author, "Real Education"
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009Michael Steele, Chaiman, RNC
OCTOBER 20, 2009
Dr. Robert Michael Franklin, President, Morehouse College
Author, "Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities"
NOVEMBER 10, 2009Tim Wise, Anti-racism Activist
Author, "Between Barack and a Hard Place"
JANUARY 20, 2010
Michelle Singletary, Washington Post Financial Columnist
Author, "The Power To Prosper: 21 Days To Financial Freedom"
MARCH 16, 2010
Iyanla Vanzant, Motivational Speaker
MARCH 25, 2010Dr. Tricia Rose, Professor, Brown University
Author, "The Hip Hop Wars"