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The House That Jack Built

My Life Story As a Trailblazer in Broadcasting and Entertainment

by James Haskins ; Hal Jackson

ISBN: 0060198478
ISBN-13: 9780060198473
Format: Hardcover

Summary

In this memoir, the United States' first black disk jockey, Hal Jackson, relives his six decades in African-American radio, from 1939, when he starred in his first radio show, "The Bronze Review," up until his induction into the Broadcast Hall of Fame. In doing so, he shares colorful anecdotes about many famous personalities and discusses the race-related obstacles that he triumphed over.

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"[T]his gracious and inspiring memoir...evokes the joy of achievements made with grit, spunk, and sheer will power."

-- Publishers Weekly

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Harpercollins
Published date: 2001
Size: 6.25 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 1.2 pounds
Pages: 256

Publisher's Notes

The House That Jack Built is the life story of Hal Jackson, one of the most important figures in American radio and television. When starting out as a young professional, during the Jim Crow era in Washington, D.C., Jackson was told by the management of WINX that no Black man would ever broadcast at their station. He ultimately proved them wrong and was given a time slot of the station -- thus beginning a long and illustrious career, filled with an extraordinary series of firsts:

The first Black radio announcer on network radio.
The first Black inducted in the Radio Hall of Fame.
The first Black host of a jazz show on the ABC network.
The first Black to do play-by-play sports announcing on radio.
The first Black to host an interracial network show on NBC-TV.
The first person to broadcast from a theater live.
He organized and was one of the owners of the first Black team to win the World's Basketball Championship.
The first Black host of an international network television presentation.
He was instrumental in acquiring the first radio station owned and operated by Blacks in New York City.
At a time when Block women were prohibited from entering beauty pageants, he founded Hal Jackson's Talented Teen International contest.

Here is a remarkable story about a remarkable person. The House That Jack Built is an important addition to the history of media in the United States.

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