Posts tagged “racing while black”
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Leonard Miller on PBS
January 26, 2011
Leonard Miller, author of Racing While Black, is featured in “Conversations with Jeff Weeks” on PBS.
Tags: interview, leonard miller, pbs, racing while black, video
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Enoch Pratt Free Library features Leonard Miller
October 19, 2010
October 19, 2010, 7:00PM, Leonard Miller will be featured in a speaking event open to the public about his book Racing While Black and his experiences as the first African American to own a NASCAR team. Location: Either the Poe Room or Wheeler Auditorium of the Central Library at 400 Cathedral St.
Baltimore MD 21201. For more information go to www.prattlibrary.org.Tags: baltimore, leonrd miller, nascar, nonfiction, pratt library, racing while black
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Leonard Miller Signing at ASALH Convention
September 30, 2010
September 30, 2010, 6:30-8:30PM, Leonard Miller will be participating in a book signing event at the 95th Annual ASALH Convention. The convention will take place from Sept. 29-Oct. 3, 2010, and this year’s theme is The History of Black Economic Empowerment. Location: Raleigh Marriott City Center, 500 Fayetteville St., Raleigh, NC, 27601.
Tags: ASALH, leonard miller, nonfiction, racing while black, Raleigh, signing
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Leonard Miller on Panel at Harlem Book Fair
July 17, 2010
July 17, 2010 at 2:30PM, the Harlem Book Fair will feature Leonard Miller (Racing While Black: How an African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR) as a panelist on American Stories: Creating Life Against Resistance. A book signing will directly follow. Location: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 515 Malcolm X Blvd. New York, NY 10030. The event will also be televised live on C-SPAN’s Book TV.
Tags: book signing, harlem book fair, leonard miller, nonfiction, racing while black
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Leonard Miller on China Radio International
June 17, 2010
Today, June 17, Leonard Miller appeared on China Radio International, broadcasting throughout China and around the world, to talk about Racing While Black: How An African-American Stock Car Team Made Its Mark on NASCAR. Click here to listen at the CRI site!
Tags: audio, china radio international, interviews, leonard t miller, race, racing while black, sports
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Jay Leno’s Book Club on Racing While Black
June 3, 2010
From Jay Leno’s Garage, here’s Leno and Leonard Miller talking about Racing While Black: How an African-American Stock-Car Team Made Its Mark On NASCAR. Take a look!
Tags: interviews, jay leno, leonard miller, race, racing while black, sports, videos
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China Daily on Leonard Miller and Racing While Black
June 3, 2010
Leonard Miller, a pilot for United Airlines, has a life worth knowing about. Miller is the author of Racing While Black, a book chronicling his experience owning the first, and so far only, NASCAR team run by African Americans.
… “We came out of nowhere,” Miller said. “And it looked like we were taking away their thunder and their sport. Everywhere we went, they viewed it as, ‘Here we go again, if we let African Americans get involved in this, the sport will get away from us, like what happened with golf and tennis.’ It upset a lot of people.” — China Daily
Tags: articles, china daily, interviews, leonard t miller, race, racing while black, sports
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Huffington Post on Leonard Miller & race relations in NASCAR
May 18, 2010
Could the majority-white live audience for NASCAR really be the reason for corporate reticence in doling out the dough? If so, it is insulting on many levels. … If NASCAR sponsors really aren’t giving Miller’s group a fair shot at their dollars because of race, then they underestimate the talent he has assembled, as well as the evolving NASCAR audience which also includes statistically significant numbers of Asian, Latino and African-American fans, according to Sports Business Daily.
To be sure, racism still exists everywhere, and there are, no doubt, some in the audience who wouldn’t cheer for Miller’s team because of race. Still, to assume that NO ONE, or even just a small minority would accept a black team, is to perpetuate a stereotype created in movies and comedic routines of NASCAR fans as beer-swilling, stars and bars flying, racist yokels. Again, to look at the numbers, that just ain’t so. — Susan Deily-Swearingen on Racing While Black
Tags: andrew simon, articles, huffington post, leonard t miller, race, racing while black, sports, susan deily-swearingen
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Leonard Miller on the Tavis Smiley Show
May 17, 2010
In February, Leonard T. Miller, author with Andrew Simon of Racing While Black, appeared on the Tavis Smiley Show. Click here to listen!
Tags: andrew simon, interviews, leonard t miller, race, racing while black, sports, tavis smiley
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Leonard T. Miller and Racing While Black with Jay Leno
May 12, 2010
The Jay Leno interview with Leonard T. Miller, coauthor of Racing While Black, will go up on the Jay Leno’s Garage website in a few weeks. Until then, please enjoy this preview photo:
Tags: andrew simon, jay leno, leonard t miller, photos, race, racing while black, sports
“racing while black” Posts
- Jan 26, Leonard Miller on PBS
- Oct 19, Enoch Pratt Free Library features Leonard Miller
- Sep 30, Leonard Miller Signing at ASALH Convention
- Jul 17, Leonard Miller on Panel at Harlem Book Fair
- Jun 17, Leonard Miller on China Radio International
- Jun 3, Jay Leno’s Book Club on Racing While Black
- Jun 3, China Daily on Leonard Miller and Racing While Black
- May 18, Huffington Post on Leonard Miller & race relations in NASCAR
- May 17, Leonard Miller on the Tavis Smiley Show
- May 12, Leonard T. Miller and Racing While Black with Jay Leno
