Art & Culture
NY Times Style Magazine: This Modest New York Apartment Holds One of the Best Art Collections in Town
June 14, 2021
Art & Culture
Alvin Hall's Curatorial Debut
Subliminal Horizons, on exhibit in New York City: July 1 – August 14, 2021; Germantown: July 2 – August 15, 2021
A survey of Black, indigenous, brown, and Asian artists living and working in the Hudson Valley in New York.
Art & Culture
BBC Radio 4: The Tulsa Tragedy that Shamed America
May 29, 2021
Alvin Hall tells the story of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, one of the worst episodes of racial violence in US history.
Profile
My Week – Alvin Hall
June 3, 2021
Escaping the city to rejuvenate with art and green views
Personal Finance
Good Housekeeping interview—Financially Fabulous
May, 2021
‘Cash in the bank protects you and saving money saves you’
Art & Culture
Podcast: Driving the Green Book
In the summer of 2019, Alvin Hall and activist Janée Woods Weber hit the road for a trip from Detroit to New Orleans. The route they drove was based on information from the historic travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book. They interviewed people who shared powerful stories and memories of that time that became the center of the ten-episode, Driving the Green Book podcast.
Art & Culture
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new mobility and freedom for African Americans but also exposed them to discrimination and deadly violence, and how that history resonates today. Alvin Hall appears in this important documentary.
Premiered 13 October 2020
Art & Culture
Selected for "Black Experiences: February 2021"
"Driving the Greenbook" podcast selected for Black History Month playlist.
Art & Culture
Podcast: Guest appearance on VOICES ON ART
The VAN HORN Gallery Podcast, 1 December 2020.
Alvin discusses his early years in poverty in the Panhandle of Florida, his first encounters with art, how looking at photography sharpened his visual skills, his love for art and artists and how they can shape the world, why finance is full of creativity, his advice to new collectors and the current political situation.
Art & Culture
Alvin Hall Interview Excerpt
Sometimes you find your way forward by looking back – Our Southern Souls
oursouthernsouls.com
December 20, 2020
Art & Culture
President Clayton Rose of Bowdoin College interviews Alvin Hall, class of ’74, who recently took a 2,000-mile road trip from Detroit to New Orleans, interviewing people along the way, resulting in the Driving the Green Book podcast.
Art & Culture
Guest Podcast: The Present and Future of the American Road Trip | Pt. 2
Guest appearance on Greetings From Somewhere podcast, Dec 09, 2020
How are the pandemic and societal tensions affecting the reality of today's road trip? And what will road trips look like in 50 years? Guests Tariro Mzezewa, Alvin Hall, and Dan Albert; host: Zach Mack
Personal Finance
Alvin Hall’s award-winning children’s book cuts through the jargon to explain the basics of how money, finance, business and the economy work. Bestseller published in several foreign language editions.
Corporate Training
SIE and Series 7 Exam-Prep Training Videos
Alvin and his expert team film PassPerfect’s exam-prep training videos for the SIE (Securities Industry Essentials) exam, a new FINRA-required license that went into effect on October 1, 2018. The teams also updated training videos to conform with the new Series 7 General Securities Registered Rep exam, which also went into effect on October 1, 2018.
Art & Culture
Interview: Driving the Green Book
Guest appearance on iHeartRADIO's Stuff You Missed in History Class, 14 October 2020.
Tracy talked to Alvin Hall and Janée Woods Weber, host and producer of the podcast Driving the Green Book.
Art & Culture
A Journey Inside The Green Book w/Alvin Hall
Alvin Hall is the guest in this podcast discussing The Green Book and the new podcast "Driving The Green Book."
Personal Finance
NPR's 1A: Dollars And Sense: How To Fix Your Credit Score
Guest appearance on NPR's 1A, 5 October 2020.
For our personal finance series, “Dollars and Sense,” we’re demystifying the credit score.
Art & Culture
Brooklyn Rail live event
The New Social Environment #28: Alvin Hall. 15 April 2020. Alvin engaged with a live audience via Zoom.com.
Art & Culture
Book Review: Vince Aletti's New Book Is A Masterclass In Fashion Photography
Personal Finance
Live event: Experian #CreditChat
In celebration of Father’s Day, Experian hosted a Twitter chat on old school money tips. Alvin Hall and other experts live tweeted the answers to a series of 10 qustions. View them via the #CreditChat hashtag on Twitter.
Art & Culture
Alvin Hall—A Green Book Journey
5 – 6 P.M.
Thursday, May 2,
Union College, Schenectady, NY
Alvin Hall shares his knowledge and insights about the Green Book and the period of US history during which this annual guide was published by Victor Hugo Green and used by African-Americans traveling all across the country.
Personal Finance
FCA ScamSmart - Alvin Hall
Alvin participated in a public service campaign in the UK from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) called ScamSmart, designed to help investors recognize the signs of a scam and what to do to avoid them.
Top 6 investment scam tactics
"Spot the Investment Scam"
Profile
Being black in the US vs the UK: There's a big difference - Alvin Hall
Alvin posits that since he doesn't fit into the narrowly defined idea of what a financial advisor should look like in the U.S., he fell through the cracks and didn't get a fair chance. In the UK, on the other hand, "they'll give you the opportunity—even if it’s the opportunity to fail, but it’s an opportunity that you can turn into success."
Art & Culture
American Art - From the Outside In
Art collector and broadcaster Alvin Hall, examines how the dynamic work of African-American self-taught artists is gaining recognition from American institutions today - and how much more needs to be done toaddress this neglected canon.
Profile
2017 NYABJ Media Awards Competition Winner
The New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) honored author, journalist, radio host Alvin Hall, together with Vince Fairchild, Rupert Allman and Dana Roberson, in the Association’s Media Awards Competition in the “Radio: General Feature” category for a report that aired on WNYC’s The Takeaway, called “The Full Story: Alvin Hall Goes Back to School.”
Art & Culture
The Double War
At the height of the Vietnam War, Motown put out an LP of recordings of African American soldiers talking about their time in Vietnam called 'Guess Who's Coming Home.' Alvin Hall explores the interviews and meets with some of the veterans 40 years later.
Art & Culture
The Green Book
Alvin Hall tells the story of an African American travel guide during the segregation era.
Profile
AIB Award
“Alvin Hall Goes Back to School” achieved a Highly Commended citation and framed certificate in the Best Radio Current Affairs category at the 2016 Association of International Broadcasting Awards gala.
Art & Culture
Alvin Hall Goes Back to School
NPR's The Takeaway follows Alvin as he returns to his home town of Wakulla.