Joe Madison, alternatively known as "The Black Eagle" or "Madison," is an American radio talk show

Talk radio

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 host and activist.

Early years

Madison was born June 16, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

 to Felix and Nancy Madison. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis

Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...

. During college was an All-Conference Running Back and baritone soloist with the university's concert chorus.
Madison spent his young adulthood in various positions in the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...

  and was selected Executive Director of Detroit's NAACP branch at the age of 24. He is the youngest person to be appointed to the position.

Radio career

Madison began his broadcasting career in 1980 at Detroit's legendary WXYZ-AM radio station, now known as WXYT (AM).

WWRC

Joining an otherwise white lineup at WWRC

WWRC

WWRC —branded 1260 WRC—is a news/talk radio station licensed to Washington, D.C. and serving the Washington metro area. It operates with 5,000 watts on an unlimited basis with studios and transmitters both located in the city proper...

-AM in the early nineties, he developed a crossover appeal handling issues that included race, but were aimed at the station's multiracial audience.

WOL and XM Satellite Radio

The nation's capital's preeminent black talk station, WOL-AM, became his catapult to further impact, including syndication on the Radio One Talk Network and its XM satellite channel.

Political influence

In addition to his broadcasts, Madison has engaged in hunger strikes and other activism ranging from Sudanese slavery

Human rights in Sudan

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 to securing a star for the Four Tops on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Hollywood Walk of Fame

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.

He is a strong progressive, is seen on The Ed Schultz Show

The Ed Schultz Show

The Ed Schultz Show is a radio program hosted by Ed Schultz. It was formerly broadcast from KFGO in Fargo, North Dakota. It is heard on a network of over 100 stations , including seven of the 10 largest radio markets...

, The Situation Room

The Situation Room

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, Hannity

Hannity

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. On August 27, 2010, on his radio show, he had a confrontation with Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck

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, about the 8-28- Restoring Honor Rally. Madison did not physically attack Beck, but Fox sources said there was a racial juxton to the rally.

Personal life

Joe Madison has managed to trace his origins genetically back to Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

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 and Mozambique

Mozambique

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.


Madison lives in Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

with his wife Sherry.

Memorandum 46

On his show, Joe Madison has often discussed Memorandum 46, a document that allegedly was written by Zbigniew Brzezinski, former president Jimmy Carter's national security adviser. In 2007, talk-show hosts Casey Lartigue, Jr., and Eliot Morgan challenged the veracity of Memorandum 46.