Anchoring Black America: History, Culture, and the Cool that Shaped Us
Ed Gordon
Sep 2025 · Hachette UK
Ebook
272
Pages
About this ebook
Spanning his three-decade career, Detroit native and Emmy award-winning journalist Ed Gordon shares conversations from legendary moments in Black history. In 2020, Gordon's book Conversations in Black brought together interviews and insights from change-makers leading the discourse on the state of Black America, prompting Marc Lamont Hill to call him “one of the most important journalists in American history.” As the current host of the groundbreaking BET show "America in Black", Gordon provides informed and dynamic coverage of the news and events that matter most to the African American community.
In Anchoring Black America, Gordon searches through the highlights of the Black experience from his storied journalistic journey to craft an entertaining and insightful narrative about Black America's future. A master storyteller, he uncovers never-before-seen archives and offers readers his unique perspective on the biggest news stories of yesterday—from the historic 2008 presidential election, to Nelson Mandela's funeral, to the murder of George Floyd—and insights into today's global icons, such as Barack Obama, Oprah, Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, and Tupac Shakur, and a behind-the-scenes look at his infamous "interview of the century" with O.J. Simpson, why his live interview and dust-up with Donald Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman became a viral sensation, a toe-to-toe moment with rap mogul Suge Knight, and why telling "Black" stories is vital to social change. Funny and poignant, this book is a page-turner and an entertaining, informative, and motivational read from one of America's most beloved voices.
In Anchoring Black America, Gordon searches through the highlights of the Black experience from his storied journalistic journey to craft an entertaining and insightful narrative about Black America's future. A master storyteller, he uncovers never-before-seen archives and offers readers his unique perspective on the biggest news stories of yesterday—from the historic 2008 presidential election, to Nelson Mandela's funeral, to the murder of George Floyd—and insights into today's global icons, such as Barack Obama, Oprah, Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, and Tupac Shakur, and a behind-the-scenes look at his infamous "interview of the century" with O.J. Simpson, why his live interview and dust-up with Donald Trump aide Omarosa Manigault Newman became a viral sensation, a toe-to-toe moment with rap mogul Suge Knight, and why telling "Black" stories is vital to social change. Funny and poignant, this book is a page-turner and an entertaining, informative, and motivational read from one of America's most beloved voices.
About the author
Ed Gordon is a widely respected, award-winning journalist and the author of Conversations in Black. Over the course of his stellar career he's worked at various television networks including BET, NBC, MSNBC, and CBS where he hosted and contributed to programs including: Conversationwith Ed Gordon, BET Tonight, BET News, 60Minutes II, NBC's Today Show, and Dateline. He is also a former host of Our World withBlack Enterprise, NPR's New and Notes.
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