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12 Million Podcast is a weekly conversation for the culture that was inspired by the Richard Wright book "12 Million Black Voices" hosted Daron Jenkins and Akbar Majeed.

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What it's like being a black man in America, Part One | Freda Thomas

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06/11/20 • 81 min

Daron and guest Freda Thomas discuss their thoughts on the current atmosphere and what it's like being a black man in America.

Freda holds an MBA from Baruch College in New York City. She is a member of the Professional Association of Resume Writers and Career Coaches and the Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM. Thomas is also a New York State Certified Business Advisor. Her company has achieved certification as a Minority Business Enterprise, MWBE. Thomas is a three-time self-published author, and the winner of the “Small Business Book Award.” She also provides online course instruction for LinkedIn Learning. She has achieved recognition as "Best of LinkedIn Profile Consultants."

Visit her on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredathomasmba

Devin Dixon - Founder, Bingewave

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07/16/20 • 59 min

Joining the show is Devin Dixon, a technologist and serial entrepreneur that uses media and IoT to create Bingewave, a powerful ecosystem for underrepresented groups.

Follow Devin on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/bingewave

Visit Bingewave at https://www.bingewave.com

Welcoming Our New Co-Host | Akbar Majeed

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01/30/21 • 44 min

Welcome the new co-host of 12 Million, Akbar Majeed. Daron and Akbar discuss new upcoming guests for 2021!

Akbar founded Rise Sport, which specializes in developing products that merge sports, fashion & entertainment thru merchandise, technology, and media via its in-house Brands: (RiseAD|Rise Sport Eyewear & Rise Sport Entertainment)

Visit Rise Art & Design on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/riseartdesign

Cameron Washington - Writer/Director/Producer | Musician

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02/19/21 • 66 min

Daron and Akbar welcome Cameron Washington to the show. Cameron Washington is a writer, director, producer, filmmaker, and musician from San Francisco California. He has directed multiple award-winning indie films and just recently produced videos for Kamala Harris, and also released "A Man And His Trumpet: The Leroy Jones Documentary" (streaming on Amazon Prime Video right now!), which won the Louisiana Humanities Award for the film.

Learn more about the documentary: http://www.theleroyjonesstory.com/

Dr. Camille F. Cohen - Optometrist

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05/05/21 • 59 min

Daron and Akbar are joined on the show by Dr. Camille F. Cohen.

Dr. Camille F. Cohen earned her Doctorate of Optometry, in 2014, from Salus University. She has her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from The University of Miami. She has experience in private, hospital, and retail practice settings. Her publications include a research paper with Bascom Palmer, as well as newsletters with The National Optometric Association (NOA) and articles with Rise Art and Design Eyewear. She was the 2018 NOA Service Award recipient, for community service projects, here in Brooklyn, NY, as well as Montego Bay, JA. She has most recently been named one of the 2020 Most Influential Women in Optical by Vision Monday, with features in Women in Optometry and Eye Care Business Magazine. Currently, she manages her own practice, Pearle Vision, in Park Slope, NY.

Learn more about Camille at https://drcamillefcohenoptometry.com

Follow her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/drcamillefcohenoptometry

Faheem Majeed - Award-winning Artist/Educator/Curator

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05/12/21 • 68 min

Faheem Majeed is an artist, educator, curator, and community facilitator. He blends his unique experience as an artist, non-profit administrator, and curator to create works that focus on institutional critique and exhibitions that leverage collaboration to engage his immediate, and the broader community, in meaningful dialogue. Majeed received his BFA from Howard University and his MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).

From 2005-2011 Majeed served as executive director and curator for the South Side Community Art Center and is currently Co-Director and Founder of the Floating Museum.

Majeed is a recipient of The Field and MacArthur Foundation’s Leaders for a New Chicago Award (2020), Joyce Foundation Award (2020), the Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grant (2015), and the Harpo Foundation Awardee (2016). Majeed’s solo exhibitions include MCA Chicago, SMFA at Tufts, and the Hyde Park Art Center.

Follow Faheem on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/faheemmajeedstudio

See more of Faheem's work online at https://www.faheemmajeed.com

Claude Johnson - Founder, Black Fives Foundation

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05/19/21 • 91 min

Claude Johnson is an author, historian, writer, and founder of the Black Fives Foundation, a 501(c)3 public charity whose mission is to research, preserve, showcase, and teach the pre-NBA history of African-American basketball while honoring its pioneers and their descendants. The Black Fives Foundation Archives contains the world’s leading collection of historical artifacts from that period, known as the Black Fives Era.

Follow the Black Fives Foundation on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/blackfives

Learn more about The Black Fives Foundation at https://blackfives.org

Jazzmeia Horn - Grammy-nominated Jazz Vocalist

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05/26/21 • 58 min

In the two years since Jazzmeia Horn, BFA Jazz, and Contemporary Music '14, released the Grammy Award-Nominated A Social Call, she has launched international tours, led masterclasses and workshops globally, and continued to hone her vocal skills while writing songs of personal relevance and social message. The convergence of this drive and development has resulted in what is sure to be hailed as one of the most courageous recordings of 2019-The Grammy Nominated and NAACP Image Award-Winning Love and Liberation-filled with songs of daring musicality, emotional power, and messages of immediate relevance.

Learn more about Jazzmeia Horn at https://www.artistryofjazzhorn.com

Follow Jazzmeia on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/artistryofjazzhorn