Oral history interview with Hal Jackson, 2010

Biographical Note

Disc-jockey, radio personality, community activist and philanthropist

Scope and Contents

Started dj'ing at age of 16; worked shows in DC and NY, sometimes shuttling between several shows in DC and Baltimore in one day. Speaks about mutual support between him and Malcolm X; him and Frank Schiffman. Co-owned Apollo with Percy Sutton between Bobby Schiffman's departure in 1974 and its reinvention as a non-profit in the 90s. Explains process of lending Apollo to charities for events; Frank Schiffman's help. "What we were trying to do was do things on a love scale."

Subjects

• African American disc jockeys--Interviews.
• African American philanthropists--Interviews.
• African American radio broadcasters--Interviewers.
• Apollo Theater (New York, N.Y. : 125th Street)
• Clark, Mary Marshall, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Jackson, Hal--Interviews.
• Radio broadcasters--United States--Interviews.

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