I created this program from many video assignments that I have done while working in television for more than 35 years and assignments that I wanted to do. I decided to call the show "A SHOT OF LIFE" because that is what each one of these episodes reflects. There are many people or places or things that each of us take a shot of each day. These sights and sounds have different meanings to each of us. What you notice is your shot of life, while others notice something else, that is their shot of life. And now I am sharing with some shots of life that I have recorded. These are my shots of life and so the name of my program "A SHOT OF LIFE".
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE RECORDING OF THE "OTHER SIDE" RADIO PROGRAM WITH CHARLES BUTLER. THIS PROGRAM AIRS ON RADIO STATION WVON-AM 1690, IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS FROM 7PM-10PM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. CHARLES IS ONE OF TWO REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE RADIO COMMENTATORS ON RADIO STATION WVON "THE VOICE OF THE NATION".
THIS IS PART (1) OF AN EXCLUSIVE RECORDING OF THE "OTHER SIDE" WITH RADIO HOST CHARLES BUTLER. THIS RADIO PROGRAM THAT AIRS MONDAY-THURSDAY FROM 7PM-10PM ON RADIO STATION WVON-AM-1690, IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. CHARLES IS A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN THAT CONTRAST THE OTHER RADIO PERSONALITIES ON WVON.
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ACTOR, CARL GORDON. THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY MS. T. CHEATHAM IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AT THE "RUSSELL MARYLAND FOUNDATION EVENT" IN JUNE 1996, AT THE HARBORSIDE GOLF COMPLEX. MR. GORDON PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL OF THE RUSSELL MARYLAND FOUDATION EVENTS. RUSSELL MARYLAND WAS A NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYER WITH THE SUPERBOWL CHAMPIONS DALLAS COWBOYS. RUSSELL WAS DRAFTED NUMBER ONE BY THE DALLAS COWBOYS IN 1991, AS THE FIRST PLAYER IN THE 1991 NFL DRAFT. MR...
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PROF. HARRY EDWARDS, IS A PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF SOCIOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY. THIS PROGRAM WAS TAPED ON 15 JANUARY 1985, IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. THE INTERVIEW WAS DONE AT WSNS-TV-44 IN CHICAGO. THE INTERVIEW WAS DONE BY MS. JOAN McGRATH. IN THIS INTERVIEW PROFESSOR EDWADRS SPEAKS ABOUT HIS INVOLMENT IN THE 1968 OLYMPIC BOYCOTT; HE SPEAKS ABOUT HOW THE NCAA IS EXPLOITING STUDENT ATHLETES.
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE RECORDING OF THIS EVENT FEATURING MR. "JOH H. JOHNSON" THIS IS FROM 1992 OR 1993, WHEN BLACK ENTERPRISE PRESENTED THIS BUSINESS FORM IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. MR. JOHN H. JOHNSON OF JOHNSON PUBLICATIONS WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR THIS CONFERENCE. MR. JOHNSON PASSED AWAY ON 8 AUGUST 2005. MR. JOHNSON'S PUBLICATIONS PRESENTED TO THE ENTIRE WORLD THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF BLACK PEOPLE FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DR. MARGARET BURROUGHS. DR. BURROUGHS PASSED AWAY IN NOVEMBER 2010. DR. BURROUGHS AND HER HUSBAND FOUNDED DUSABLE MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
I HAD JUST PULLED INTO A McDONALD'S RESTAURANT ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO IN OCTOBER 2010. I GOT A TELEPHONE CALL FROM MY WIFE. WHILE ON THE TELEPHONE I NOTICED A THIS SQUIRREL ON THE GARBAGE CAN EATING A FRENCH FRIE AND GOING TO THE GROUND AND BACK ON TOP OF THE GARBAGE CONTAINER TO EAT ANOTHER FRENCH FRIE. I AM GLAD I HAD MY CAMERA THAT WOULD RECORD VIDEO, WHICH WAS MY SECOND THOUGHT. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ENJOY THIS VIDEO CLIP.
THIS IS AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JAZZ PERCUSSIONIST "MAX ROACH". THIS INTERVIEW WAS DONE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS AT THE JAZZ SHOWCASE, WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE BLACKSTONE HOTEL, ON 30 MAY 1993. THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY VISUAL ARTIST JOMO K. CHEATHAM. THE PRODUCTION CREW WAS HENRY B. CHEATHAM, CORNELL MYATT AND L.S. MUGABE.
MR. LU PALMER GREW UP IN NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA IN 1922. HIS FATHER WAS AN EDUCATOR AND ACTIVIST IN VIRGINIA. HE FOUGHT TO HAVE BLACK TEACHERS TO BE PAID THE SAME AS WHITE TEACHERS. LU PALMER AND HIS ORGANIZATION, CBUC, WAS VERY ACTIVE IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. LU WAS A COLUMNIST FOR SEVERAL CHICAGO NEWSPAPER WHERE HIS COLUMNS WERE ADOCATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. MR. PALMER AND HIS ORGANIZATION WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ELECTING HAROLD WASHINGTON MAYOR OF CHICAGO IN 1983.
THIS IS PART-2- OF AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH JOURNALIST, LU PALMER. THIS INTERVIEW WAS DONE AT MR. PALMER'S CBUC HEADQUARTERS. IN THIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW MR. SPEAKS ABOUT HIS FATHER, THE ELECTION MAYOR HAROLD WASHINGTON IN 1983, IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. HE ALSO SPEAKS OF THE FERVOR THE ELECTION OF 1983, STIRRED UP IN CHICAGO.