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Below you'll find notable press mentions, write-ups, and radio and TV appearances related to Some of My Best Friends Are Black.
TV/Video
"The 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation."
On a panel at the Harlem Book Fair for CSPAN's Book TV.
From Monday, July 9, 2012. An appearance on MSNBC's The Cycle.
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Radio/Podcast
"The Strange Story of Integration in America"
Great interview with June Thomas of Slate for her Afterword podcast
"Diverse Neighborhoods, Uniform Friends."
From Thursday, Jul 12, 2012. Interview with Celeste Headlee on WNYC's The Takeaway.
"The Strange Story of Integration in America"
From Wednesday, Jul 11, 2012. Interview on WNYC's The Leonard Lopate Show.
"Some of My Best Friends Are Black"
Interview with Joe Donahue at WAMC Northeast Public Radio
The Written Word
"Some of My Best Friends Are Black. Really?"
Interview with Lori Tharps for Ebony.com
"On Diversity Front, Adland Is Actually Reflective of American Society"
Q&A with AdAge on the deplorable state of race and advertising
"Tanner Colby, 'Some Of My Best Friends Are Black' Author, Explores Racial Integration Across The U.S."
Interview with Huffington Post Black Voices
"It's All There In Black and White"
From "The Local" blog at NYTimes.com. A teaser on my Ft. Greene reading covering the issues of race and gentrification in Ft. Greene, Brooklyn
"My One Black Friend."
Pre-launch excerpt run on Salon.com