The Fred Opie Show

Food, Jazz & Protest in Jim Crow DC is an episode related to Fred’s book Southern Food and Civil Rights: Feeding the Revolution which delves into US movements for progressive change from the 1940s to the present. Oral histories and newspaper accounts provide the bulk of the primary source materials used to tell the stories. Sound Cloud Show notes About Dr. Opie Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie is Teach...

Chef Dick Roussel worked at Babson College for 25 years. Based on oral histories collected from Babson College alumni as well as his daughter, this podcast looks at the career of the chef In answers the question what role does great food play on a college campus? We learned that food improves community morale and pride in an institution.  About Dr. Opie Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie is Teacher and P...

Is there a way you could advance your career with each course and paper project you do? I say absolutely! Choose to research and write about something related to what you're interested in as a career or possible career option. Think about all the papers and projects you need to do for your coursework as undergrads use it as an opportunity to learn more about something that you're interested in and...

Doña Josefa Marmanill, an enslaved Afro-Peruvian cook, whose legacy continues to tantalize our taste buds and inspire our hearts.

Thanks to consider as a college student athlete that will improve your outcomes on and off the field. About Dr. Opie Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie earned a gold medal as a member of the 1990 US National Lacrosse Team. He is a professional speaker, Babson Professor of History and talking head contributing to stories journalist and documentary film makers produce. He shares his research interest and m...

Fannie Lou Hamer is a trailblazing activist who not only fought for civil rights but also championed economic independence. She founded the Freedom Farm Cooperative, which provided food and economic opportunities to Black Mississippians. Her legacy continues to inspire us today. #FannieLouHamer #EconomicIndependence #BlackCooperatives #FoodHistory #TheFredOpieShow

Marcus Garvey's United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) had more than 700 chapters in 38 states alone in the early 1920s, including hundreds of more chapters throughout the world. The UNIA championed Black nationalism, self-determination, and Black entrepreneurship. Garvey founded the Negro Factories Corporation (NFC) in 1919 and offered stock in it to African Americans as a means to help Blac...

Today we dive into the history of African American Cooperatives. George Schuyler, founder of the Young Negro Cooperative League, and Ella Baker, assistant of the Young Negro Cooperative League, organized food co-ops and Black-owned and operated grocery stores throughout the U.S. during the Great Depression to aid the Black community in economic independence and food self-sufficiency.

Dr. Ousmane K. Power-Greene published his first novel titled The Confessions of Matthew Strong, We talk about his journey to becoming a fiction writer, returning to graduate school, lessons learned in athletics, and the new book. Power-Greene is an Associate Professor of History at Clark University. Ousmane K Power-Greene: https://www.ousmanepowergreene.com/ The Confessions of Matthew Strong: http...

(Excerpts from a show that first aired circa 2009 on "Here On Earth: Radio Without Borders" which was hosted by Jean Feraca and ran on Wisconsin Public Radio from July 2003 until she retired in 2012) Juneteenth celebrations commemorate June 19, 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was finally enforced in the state of Texas, two and a half years after Abe Lincoln made his famous decree. We talk...

Food Figures Host and Producer: Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie Associate Producer: Kiara Thomas Read More on Mahalia Jackson: http://www.fredopie.com/search?q=Mahalia%20Jackson About Dr. Opie: https://www.fredopie.com/courses Dr. Opie's Books: https://www.fredopie.com/books/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fdopie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrFredDOpie Want to book Dr. Opie for an upcoming eve...

Food Facts Host and Producer: Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie Associate Producer: Kiara Thomas Spicy Foods Stories and Recipes: https://www.fredopie.com/search?q=Spicy About Dr. Opie: https://www.fredopie.com/courses Dr. Opie's Books: https://www.fredopie.com/books/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fdopie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrFredDOpie Want to book Dr. Opie for an upcoming event or medi...

Food Facts Host and Producer: Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie Associate Producer: Kiara Thomas About Dr. Opie: www.fredopie.com/courses Dr. Opie's Books: www.fredopie.com/books/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/fdopie/ Twitter: twitter.com/DrFredDOpie Want to book Dr. Opie for an upcoming event or media appearance? Visit: www.fredopie.com/speaking #babsoncollege #cake #cakewalk #America #foodfacts #foodhi...

Food Facts Host and Producer: Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie Associate Producer: Kiara Thomas Food and Politics Stories and Recipes: http://www.fredopie.com/search?q=Politics About Dr. Opie: www.fredopie.com/courses Dr. Opie's Books: www.fredopie.com/books/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/fdopie/ Twitter: twitter.com/DrFredDOpie Want to book Dr. Opie for an upcoming event or media appearance? Visit: www...

Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie discusses Zora Neale Hurston’s early twentieth-century ethnographic research and writing. It emphasizes the essentials of food in Florida including everyday meals as well as special occasions and looks at what shaped people’s eating traditions in early twentieth century Florida. Opie shows that Hurston did for Florida what William Faulkner did for Mississippi—both provi...

Fred Opie's talks about US views of race and the limits of the traditional black white binary children grow up with in the country with the examples from Michael Patrick MacDonald's book All Souls about growing in Boston's Southie section of the city. Links to related content mentioned in the episode: Michael Patrick MacDonald, All Souls: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/105687.All_Souls Malcol...

Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie shares oral histories from Harlem residents about Father Divine. Every Sunday during the Great Depression the controversial New York-based evangelist Father Divine (aka the Reverend General Jealous Divine and aka George Baker) fed starving interracial groups by the hundreds for free in Harlem, while many other black preachers ignored their flocks’ hunger pains. Most Afr...

A native of Chicago’s South Side, Khalil Gibran Muhammad is professor of History, Race and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School His research and writing examines race, democracy, inequality and criminal justice in modern U.S. history. He is the author of The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America which won the 2011 John Hope Franklin Best Book award in Am...

Dr. Opie talks about Food Rebels who he calls people who went against the grain and led or participated in movements in the US that championed ending food insecurity and eating nutrient-rich food. These entrepreneurs, organizers, educators, and nationalists, among other positions were leaders in the long struggle for independence, health, and the struggle against the US caste system. These food re...

What special occasion dish takes you back home with just one bite? Dr. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles talks about the origins of Soup Joumou (recipe below). Dr. Régine Michelle Jean-Charles: www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/mcas…e-jean-charles.html Soup Joumou Recipe: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Famkik17YQ More Haitian Food Stories: www.fredopie.com/search?q=Haiti About Dr. Opie Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie is...

Dr. Opie talks about Food Rebels who he calls people who went against the grain and led or participated in movements in the US that championed ending food insecurity and eating nutrient-rich food. These entrepreneurs, organizers, educators, and nationalists, among other positions were leaders in the long struggle for independence, health, and the struggle against the US caste system. These food re...

Dr. Opie talks about Food Rebels who he calls people who went against the grain and led or participated in movements in the US that championed ending food insecurity and eating nutrient-rich food. These entrepreneurs, organizers, educators, and nationalists, among other positions were leaders in the long struggle for independence, health, and the struggle against the US caste system. These food re...

Reboot of Dr. Opie discussing places where food has been made, sold, and eaten¬ in important books in the African American literature such as: Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup…; Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; Esteban Montejo, James Weldon Johnson’s The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man; Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man; Zora Neale Hurston’s Their E...

Reboot of 2019 ArtScience talk on New England Foodways held in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Leah Mennies, a former Senior Food Editor at Boston Magazine organized and hosted the event. Panelist included Food Historian Fred Opie, Irene Li, chef/owner of Mei Mei, and Marc Sheehan, chef/owner of Loyal Nine and now the spin off restaurant Northern Spy. Both are Cambridge based restaurants. The theme of t...

Excerpt of Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie's responses to his students end of the semester questions: What lessons did you learn from your days as an athlete? What is a bad habit you would like to change? How do you prevent burnout? What is something you fear? Worse and best classroom experiences? What's your favorite course to teach? Why teach at Babson? About Dr. Opie Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie is...