Author’s Schedule for 2006
(unless indicated, all talks and interviews are for Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the Making of the Black Middle Class)

JANUARY

11 th: Interview, Arnie Arnesen Show, MyTV/WZMY, 9 p.m.

31 st: Taping of interview, “Perspectives,” syndicated to 15 stations, 3:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY

3 rd: Interview, XM Satellite Radio, “The Power,” 2:30 p.m.

7 th: Interview, WMNX/WGNI, “On the Wavelength,” 9:10 a.m.

10 th: “Entertainment USA,” USA Radio Network, time to be determined.

10 th: Interview, Arnie Arnesen Show, MyTV/WZMY, 9.m.

11 th: New England Press Association Panel of Medical Reporting, Park Plaza Hotel, Boston, 9 a.m.

15 th: Symposium, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 5:30 p.m.

16 th: Interview in-studio, WPFW, “On the Margin,” Washington, DC, 10 a.m.

16 th: Talk, Amtrak Black History Month Program, Starlight Room, Union Station, Washington, DC, noon.

17 th: Cable Radio Network, “What’s Cooking,” 9:30 a.m.

19 th: Black History Program, Logan Presbyterian Church, Statesville, NC, 4 p.m.

2005 Schedule:

JANUARY

12 th: Taping of interview, WGAU-FM, George, 10:45 a.m.

18 th: Taping of interview, WQUB-FM, Quincy, Illinois, noon.

21 st: Talk on Home Lands, Congregation Beth Am, Randolph, Mass., 7:30 p.m.

24 th: Taping of interview, KFAI-FM, Minneapolis, 3 p.m.

26 th: Talk on medical reporting, Lenny Fund, Boston, 2 p.m.

26 th-31 st, Baltimore-Washington D.C. trip.

26 th: Talk, Public Relations Society of America/Annapolis Chapter, 7:30 p.m.

27 th: Interview, Marc Steiner Show, WYPR-FM, Baltimore, 1 p.m.

27 th: Talk, Baltimore Public Library Light Street Branch, 6:30 p.m.

28 th: Taping of interview, Prime Time Live, AARP Radio, Washington, 11:30 a.m.

29 th: Signing, Smithsonian Institution Book Store, 14 th and Constitution Ave., Washington, 2 p.m.

30 th: Talk, Home Lands, Beth El Synagogue havurah, Bethesda, Md., 7:30 p.m.

31 st: Interview, Tom Pope Show, Washington, 11:30 a.m.

31 st: Talk, Amtrak employees/Black History Month, Starlight Room, Union Station, noon.

31 st: Talk/reception, AFL-CIO headquarters, 815 16 th Street NW, 5:30 p.m.

FEBRUARY:

1 st: Interview, KSFR-FM, Santa Fe Radio Café, 10 a.m.

2 nd: Taping of interview, KRZA-FM, Colorado, noon.

3 rd: Interview, Curved Air, WAIF-FM, Cincinnati, 4:30 p.m.

4 th: Taping of interview, XM-Radio, Bob Edwards Show, 2 p.m.

7 th: Interview, WAOK-FM, Atlanta, 3 p.m.

7 th: Taping of interview, WTIP-FM, Minnesota, 4 p.m.

8 th: Interview, Left Radio Network, 5 p.m.

10 th: Interview, WPFW-FM, On the Margin, Washington, 10 a.m.

10 th: Taping of interview, KVMR-FM, Nevada City, CA, noon.

11 th-14 th , New York Trip.

11 th: Talk, Edward Williams School, White Plains, 2:15 p.m.

11 th: Talk, Columbia University, Lerner Cinema, 6:30 p.m.

12 th: Talk, New York Transit Museum , Court and Schermerhorn Streets, Brooklyn, 1 :30 p.m.

14 th: Talk, City Hall Academy, 10:30 a.m.

14 th: Talk, Amtrak Employees/Black History Month, Penn Station, 1 p.m.

18 th: Interview, Arnie Arnesen Show , New Hampshire , 1:30 p.m.

24 th-28 th, San Francisco Trip.

24 th: Panel, Grantmakers in Health, Palace Hotel, 10:15 a.m.

24 th: Talk, Amtrak Employees/Black History Month, 70 Washington Street, Suite 407, Jack London Square Oakland/ 1 p.m.

24 th: Talk, McClymond High School, 2607 Myrtle Street , Oakland , 2:30 p.m.

24 th: Talk/signing, Barnes & Noble, Jack London Square, Oakland, 7:30 p.m.

25 th: Talk, University of California-Berkeley, 106 Wurster Hall, 11 a.m.

25 th: Talk, Santa Rita Jail, Dublin, CA, 1 p.m.

JULY

14 th: Taping of interview, “Perspectives,” syndicated to 15 stations, 11 a.m.

27 th: Interview, WBEN/WROC New York, “Prospering in America,” 1:05 p.m

2004 Schedule:

DECEMBER

1 st: South End Historical Society, 532 Massachusetts Avenue, 6 p.m.

NOVEMBER

3 rd: Talk, Massachusetts Department of Medical Assistance, Worcester Centrum, noon.

30 th: Boston College Presidential Scholars Program, 6:30-8 p.m.

OCTOBER

8 th: Talk, Southern Festival of Books, Memphis, Civic Plaza, noon.

13 th: Reading on “Anything Goes,” WNYE/91.5-FM Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

14 th: Talk, Newton Free Library, 330 Homer Street, 7 p.m.

1 4 th: Temple Sinai, Sharon, MA, 25 Canton Street, 2 p.m.

Concord Book Festival, Concord Museum, 200 Lexington Road, 7 p.m.

26 th: Taping of interview, Smoki Bacon and Dick Concannon Show, noon.

27 th: Talk, Harriet Tubman House, 566 Columbus Avenue, Boston, 6 p.m.

SEPTEMBER

3 rd: Interview, WNTI-New Jersey Public Radio, Dance with the Dragons, noon.

6 th: Interview, KVMR-FM, The Morning Show, Nevada City, CA, 11:35 a.m.

9th-15 th, San Francisco trip.

10 th: Talk, Pleasanton Library, 400 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton, 1:30 p.m.

11 th: Interview, KWMR-Community Radio for West Marin County, ViewPoint, 11 a.m.
Talk, West Oakland Library, 1801 Adeline Street, 2 p.m.

13 th: Taping of interview, KITS and KLCC, San Francisco, 11:30 a.m.
Taping of interview, KALW, Upfront, San Francisco, 1 p.m.

14 th: Talk, Merritt College, Oakland, 11 a.m.

16 th: Talk, Conference of Minority Transportation Officials, South Station, 5:30 p.m.

17 th: Interview, Arnie Arnesen New Hampshire broadcast, Morning Attitude, 8:30 a.m.

19 th-23 rd: New York trip.

19 th: Interview, WHCR-FM, City College/Harlem, 1-2 p.m.
Reading and signing, Hue-Man Bookstore, 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd, 4-6 p.m.

20 th: Taping of interview, Radio Nation, New York, noon.
Taping of interview, WNYE-FM, Everything Goes, Brooklyn, 4 p.m.
Taping of interview, WBAI, Andrea Sears Show, New York, 7:30 p.m.

21 st: Interview, WBAI, call-in show, New York, 11 a.m.
Interview, WNYC/NPR, “Leonard Lopate Show,” 1:20 p.m.
Interview, WWRL-AM, “Drivetime Dialogue,” New York, 4:30 p.m.
Talk, Harvard Club, 27 W. 44 th Street, 7 p.m.

22 nd: Talk, New York Public Library, Mid-Manhattan, 455 5 th Avenue, 6:30 p.m.
Taping of interview, WOR-AM, “Joey Reynolds Show,” 11 p.m.

AUGUST:

2nd: Interview, Voice of America, 11 a.m.
Talk, Library of Congress, Montpelier Room, 6 th floor Madison Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE, 6:30 p.m., with CPSAN taping.

4 th: Interview, KCBX-FM, San Luis Obispo, CA, 1 p.m.

5 th: Interview with American Urban Radio Network, Bev Smith Show, 8:30 p.m.

9 th: Interview with WCIN-1480, Cincinnati, 11:15 a.m.

10 th: Interview, KUT-FM, In Black America, Austin, 1 p.m.
Taping of interview, WBNW, Pages to People, Needham, 3 p.m.
Interview, WMBR-FM, MIT, 7 p.m.

11 th: Taping of interview, KAOS-Radio, Olympia, Wash., 3 p.m.

12 th: Interview, WCBQ/WHNC-AM, Morning Show, Oxford, NC, 8:45 a.m.

19 th: Interview, KKFI, Kansas City, 7:30 p.m.

22 nd: Interview, WPKN-FM, Bridgeport, CT, 9 a.m.
Talk, Union United Methodist Church, Columbus Avenue, Boston, 10 am

25 th: Filming, “First Do No Harm” patient safety program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 11:30 a.m.

26 th: Interview, KGNU-Radio, Wake Up Call, St Louis, 9:15 a.m.
Talk, Edgewood Retirement Community, North Andover, 7:30 p.m.

28 th: Interview, The Business Shrink, WRTN-FM, New York, 6:05 p.m.

30 th: Interview, Maryknoll Religious Community, Voice of Our World, 11 a.m.

JULY

1 st: Taping of interview, Maine Public Radio, with Charlotte Renner, 11 a.m.

2 nd: Taping of interview, Urban Update, WHDH-TV, with Brian Clarke, 8:30 a.m.
Taping of interview, Kimball in the City, Oregon Public Radio, 11 a.m.
Interview, call-in, KCPW-FM, Salt Lake City, 11:40 a.m.
Interview, call-in, Arnie Arnesen Show , New Hampshire , 2:30 p.m.

6 th: Airing of taped interview, Here and Now, WBUR-FM, noon.

7 th: Taping of interview, City Line, WCVB-TV, 9:30 a.m.
Taping of interview, New Jersey Network, 11:55 a.m.
Interview, WBIX, AM-1060, with Delores Kong, 1: 10 p.m.
Interview, call-in, The Dean’s Talkroom, XM Radio Channel 169-The Power, 2:30 p.m.

9 th: Interview, call-in, KAAA-AM, Arizona, 9:15 a.m.

10 th: Interview, call-in, WNUR-FM, Chicago, 10:10 a.m.

11 th: Interview, KRNC-FM, Denver, 12:30 p.m.

12 th: Interview, KVON-AM, Morning Edition, Napa, CA, 11:30 a.m.

13 th: Taping of interview, Tavis Smiley Show, NPR, 12:30 p.m.
Interview, WILL-AM, Chicago, 2 p.m.
Talk, Boston Public Library, mezzanine, 6:30 p.m.
Interview, WBZ-AM, David Brudnoy Show, 9 p.m.

14 th: Interview, Northeast Public Radio, 11:45 a.m.
Interview, WBEN-AM, Buffalo, 1:15 p.m.

15 th: Interview, KPFN/Pacifica Radio, Berkeley, CA, 10:30 a.m.
Interview, WBAA-FM, Indiana, 3:30 p.m.

16 th-19 th: Chicago trip.

16 th: Talk, Chicago Chapter of National Railroad Historical Society, 935 Maple Ave., Downer’s Grove, 8 p.m.

17 th: Talk, Newberry Library, 60 West Walton Street, 11 a.m.
Talk on Home Lands, Anshe Shalom and Anshe Emet congregations, 4:30 p.m.

18 th: Talk, Historic Pullman Foundation

19 th: Interview, WBEZ-FM, 848 Show, Chicago, 1 p.m.
Talk, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, 3240 Lakeshore Drive, 5:30 p.m.

21 st: Taping of interview, WRIF-FM, Peter Werbe Show, Detroit, 4 p.m.

22 nd Taping of interview, WIP Radio, Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

26 th: Interview, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, 5 p.m.

30 th-August 2: Washington , DC trip.

30 th: “Live on Acela,” signing during Boston-Washington train trip, 9:15 a.m.-3:47 p.m.
Talk, National Council of La Raza and Centro de Estudiantes y Graduados Argentinos, Embassy of Argentina, 1600 New Hampshire Avenue NW, first floor, 6:30 p.m.

31 st: Book signing, Smithsonian American History Museum, 12 th and Constitution Streets NW, 1 p.m.

JUNE

21 st: Taping interview, Morning Edition with Bob Oakes, WBUR-FM, 9:30 a.m.

23 rd: Book signing, South Station, Boston, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

24 th: Book party, ClubAcela, South Station, 6-8:30 p.m.

28th: Interview, On the Money, AM-1060, with Steve Bailey and Charlie Stein, 9:20 a.m.
Interview, WTAG AM-580, Paxton, MA, with Sherman Whitman, 10 a.m.
Taping of interview, Terry Gross, National Public Radio, 1:45-2:45 p.m.

30th: Interview, call-in, Tom Pope’s syndicated radio show, noon
Taping of interview, WXSS, Wisconsin, with Tom Redd, 2:15 p.m.