RonHowellBrooklynRon

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Re the movie Loudmouth about Al Sharpton, I covered him back in the day and last year published a book about his rise.
The book goes back to his 1980s battles with the press. It also dives into pre 80s experiences: “King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne.”

https://t.co/NDJPjCdffT

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

On the passing to Al Vann, political boss and hero of Black Brooklyn:
https://t.co/CawrEX1oJM

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Stopped in Barnes&Noble, Union Square. My "King Al" about Rev. Sharpton is there next to some great novels. But Rev. A is a novel, a great "Story for the Ages."
https://t.co/rh0bMs5I8S
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[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Rev. Sharpton is super close to National Urban League pres Marc Morial. Today’s Times ref to Morial - and his closeness to Biden - says much about Rev.’s astounding rise.

Rev.’s ascendance is the theme of “King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne.”

https://t.co/aD7dabjZ1C

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

My YouTube video "Confessions of a Black Yalie Elder." Spring of 1970. The vid’s from a talk I gave this past Sat. as we celebrated the half-century existence of the Yale Afro House.

https://t.co/H6kJGQDYjV

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

One of the coolest t-shirts I’ve ever seen!

From Hear Our Voices.

https://t.co/LxPz7VkW95

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Each day since then has been a gift. Ten years ago, I was at the precipice of life, falling over. But I survived. A year later I wrote about it in a column for the Daily News: “The Day Downstate Saved My Life.”
https://t.co/omn9V9FroP

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Keep in mind it's the book itself, "King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne", that tells the full story of the Rev.: The intersection of him and the 20th century press and his astounding rise to fame, influence (and wealth) — A true figure of Black history.
https://t.co/YfvOeTJsll

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

https://t.co/64TEG4ImVf
"A MUST READ" for anyone interested in the role of journalism in the city, New York politics, and the Rev. Al Sharpton."—Clarence Taylor, author of "Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long history of Police Brutality in New York City"

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

In 2018 theTimes ran a piece of mine about my Nevisian-born grandfather Bertram Baker who in 1948 became the first Black elected to ANY political office in Brooklyn. The only other Nevisian to have served in State Assembly had been Alexander Hamilton.

https://t.co/CxswRGbbua

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Last Thurs. I was interviewed by Foreign Press Association President Ian Williams. It was about "King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne" (Fordham University Press). They’re planning to interview John Bolton next. Please buy "King Al,” John hahaha

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[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

If you’re traveling to Toronto, it’s in their public library. I mean “King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne.”

I’d ask, however, that you stop at a local bookstore and request it. (All depends on state of cash, for sure.)

https://t.co/Uh2DnU6Gpd

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Available now, Kindle sales of “King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne” for $1.99.

https://t.co/64TEG4ImVf

https://t.co/gO47EnzjPB

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Brooklyn College Magazine, Volume 9/Number 1 - "On Our Shelf"
https://t.co/mhIzJP1oH4

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Top spot on Fordham University Press' home page, "King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne"
https://t.co/agIikRLBlb

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

How Peter Eisner, Les Payne and Cuba Led to the Writing of 'King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne'
https://t.co/C1uTs01IYB

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Here’s an hourlong interview Tom Robbins did with me on his WBAI show “DEADLINE NYC: TALES OF NEW YORK FROM A VETERAN REPORTER”

Our time was about my “King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne.”

https://t.co/FV99RnAAdm

(to get book https://t.co/wsrLKZ38mR GIFT2021 for discount)

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

How Peter Eisner, Les Payne and Cuba Led to the Writing of 'King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne'
https://t.co/C1uTs01IYB

[RonHowellBrooklynRon @newbrooklyn]

Paul Colford tweeted that Fordham University Press is offering a preview of Chapter 1 of my soon to be released book "King Al: How Sharpton Took the Throne." As Paul himself has said, grittier parts of the book come later.
Here it is: "Rev. Al and Me":
https://t.co/GHu5LB9vAX