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#049: In this episode of Beyond the Culture, Dr. David M. Walker speaks with Bijan C. Bayne

Bijan C. Bayne is an award-winning Washington-based freelance columnist and critic, and the leading literary historian on U.S. race relations. 

He is the author of several books including, Sky Kings: Black Pioneers of Professional Basketball, which was named to the Suggested Reading List of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004. He is also the author of the best-selling book "Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball.”

Bijan is a producer-writer of the new docuseries "Six Degrees of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"

He’s a Public Policy Fellow, Editor. Contributor to NY Times, ESPN, and the Washington Post.

What you will learn in this episode: 

• How Bijan got started on his sports writing journey?
• Bijan explains why DC's rich history of winning sports championships goes overlooked.
• Bijan gives his perspective on why NBA legend Elgin Baylor changed the game of basketball
• Bijan gives us his insight into black athlete social protests today vs. yesterday’s black athlete social protests
• Bijan reveals his list of persons in history he would have loved to have interviewed: James Baldwin, Ella Baker, and Rod Serling

Books mentioned

Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball

Sky Kings: Black Pioneers of Professional Basketball

Docuseries

Six Degrees of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Social Media

Twitter: @BijanCBayne

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