The Legal Eagle Review is an informative and thought-provoking weekly radio show and podcast where the show hosts, NCCU law professors Irv Joyner and April Dawson, talk with guest experts and discuss current legal and political issues affecting everyday people in Durham, the surrounding community, and the state. The show airs on WNCU 90.7 FM on Sundays from 7-8p. The Legal Eagle Review is sponsored by the North Carolina Central University School of Law, and the Virtual Justice Project.
Episodes
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Voting by Mail, Early Voting and Protecting the Vote
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
Sunday Aug 30, 2020
On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner sit down with North Carolina Central University Professor, Jarvis Hall; Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina, attorney Tomas Lopez; and Staff Attorney for the Self-Help Credit Union and State Director of the Election Program Effort, Jennifer Marsh, for a discussion surrounding voter protection in the wake of an upcoming election. This week’s episode seeks to educate and advise the listener regarding the mechanics of voting and the various mechanisms that are in place to ensure that your vote is protected.
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Historic Democratic Ticket
Monday Aug 24, 2020
Monday Aug 24, 2020
On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner welcome North Carolina State Senator Erica Smith, North Carolina Labor Commissioner Jessica Holmes, North Carolina Central University Professor Jarvis Hall, and current North Carolina Central University School of Law student, Ms. Chazley Woodley, to discuss the historical selection of Senator Kamala Harris as President Joe Biden’s Vice-Presidential running mate.
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Discussion with Host - Irv Joyner
Monday Aug 17, 2020
Monday Aug 17, 2020
On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner celebrate the fifth anniversary of the revival of The Legal Eagle Review. The Legal Eagle Review initially aired from 1998 to 2008, with Professor Irv Joyner serving as its host; after an eight-year hiatus, Professor April Dawson and Irv Joyner relaunched the informative and thought-provoking show. On this week’s episode, host April Dawson sits down with her colleague, Irv Joyner, to further discuss the role(s) he has played in many of the State's key civil rights and voting rights cases.
Monday Aug 10, 2020
Monday Aug 10, 2020
On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner discuss the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 or the Wilmington Coup of 1898, with special guests Dr. Timothy Tyson – Historian, Author, and Senior Research Scholar for the Duke University Center for Documentary Studies; and Dr. Kenneth Janken – Professor of African American and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Wilmington Massacre of 1898 occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Thursday, November 10, 1898. The coup occurred after the state’s white southern Democrats conspired and led a mob of 2,000 white men to overthrow the legitimately elected Fusionist government. They expelled opposition black and white political leaders from the city, destroyed the property and businesses of black citizens built up since the Civil War, including the only black newspaper in the city, and killed an estimated 60 to 300 people.
Monday Aug 03, 2020
1965 Voting Rights Act
Monday Aug 03, 2020
Monday Aug 03, 2020
On this week’s episode, hosts April Dawson and Irv Joyner are joined by Attorney Tomas Lopez, who serves as the Director of Democracy North Carolina, and Professor Jarvis Hall of the North Carolina Central University Political Science Department. This week’s discussion will entail an in-depth discussion surrounding the Fifteenth Amendment, which granted African Americans the right to vote, and the role in which the 1965 Voting Rights Act played in furthering such right.