Joe Madison
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| Joe Madison | |
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| Occupation | Talk Show Host, Commentator |
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Joe Madison, (born 1949) alternatively known as "The Black Eagle" or "Madison," is an American radio talk show host and activist.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early years
Madison was born June 16, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio to Felix and Nancy Madison. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Washington University in St. Louis. During college he was an All-Conference Running Back and baritone soloist with the university's concert chorus. Madison spent his young adulthood in various positions in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was selected Executive Director of Detroit's NAACP branch at the age of 24. He is the youngest person to be appointed to the position.
[edit] Radio career
Madison began his broadcasting career in 1980 at Detroit's legendary WXYZ-AM radio station, now known as WXYT (AM).
[edit] WWRC
Joining an otherwise white lineup at WWRC-AM in the early nineties, he developed a crossover appeal handling issues that included race, but were aimed at the station's multiracial audience.
[edit] WOL and XM Satellite Radio
The nation's capital's preeminent black talk station, WOL-AM, became his catapult to further impact, including syndication on the Radio One Talk Network and its XM satellite channel.
[edit] The Power on sirius
[edit] Political influence
In addition to his broadcasts, Madison has engaged in hunger strikes and other activism ranging from Sudanese slavery to securing a star for the Four Tops on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He is a strong progressive, is seen on The Ed Schultz Show, The Situation Room, Hannity. On August 27, 2010, on his radio show, he had a confrontation with Glenn Beck, about the 8-28- Restoring Honor Rally. Madison did not physically attack Beck, but Fox sources said there was a racial juxton to the rally.
[edit] Personal life
Joe Madison has managed to trace his origins genetically back to Sierra Leone and Mozambique.[1]
Madison lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Sherry.
[edit] Memorandum 46
On his show, Joe Madison has often discussed Memorandum 46, a document that allegedly was written by Zbigniew Brzezinski, former president Jimmy Carter's national security adviser. In 2007, talk-show hosts Casey Lartigue, Jr., and Eliot Morgan challenged the veracity of Memorandum 46.[2]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Willing, Richard (February 1, 2006). "DNA rewrites history for African-Americans". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/genetics/2006-02-01-dna-african-americans_x.htm. Retrieved May 6, 2010.
- ^ Lartigue, Casey, and Morgan, Eliot (August 5, 2007). "Talk Radio Can't Handle the Truth". the Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/02/AR2007080201751_pf.html.
