{{short description|American journalist}} {{Infobox person | name = Janus Adams | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|11}} | alma_mater = Mills College at Northeastern University | occupation = Journalist }} '''Janus Adams''' (born January 11, 1947) is an American journalist, historian, author, talk show host, publisher, producer, and the creator of BackPax children's media.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Freedom days: 365 inspired moments in civil rights history|last=Adams|first=Janus|date=1998-01-01|publisher=Wiley|isbn=0471192120|location=New York|language=English|oclc=36901002|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/freedomdays365in00adam}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/janus-adams|title=Janus Adams {{!}} HuffPost|website=www.huffingtonpost.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref>
== Biography == As a journalist, Adams' radio and TV talk shows aired for ten years, and her syndicated column ran for sixteen years.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.womensmediacenter.com/shesource/expert/janus-adams|title=Janus Adams - SheSource - Women's Media Center|website=www.womensmediacenter.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref> Her master's degree from Mills College in Pan-African Culture was the nation's first graduate degree awarded in Black studies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.turnerpublishing.com/authors/detail/janus-adams/|title=Janus Adams {{!}} Authors · Janus Adams {{!}} Turner Publishing|website=www.turnerpublishing.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-16}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> She was NPR's first National Arts Correspondent,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theopedproject.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/ask-our-mentor-editors-janus-adams-on-bravery-brown-v-board-and-the-future-of-american-journalism/|title=Ask a Mentor-Editor: Janus Adams on Bravery, Brown v. Board, and the Future of American Journalism|last=Project|first=The OpEd|date=2010-03-12|website=The Byline Blog|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref> and currently hosts The Janus Adams Show on public radio station WJFF-FM.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wjffradio.org/wjff/index.php?section=38|title=WJFF Audio Archive|website=www.wjffradio.org|date=24 April 2017 |access-date=2017-08-16}}</ref> She is a frequent television commentator<ref>{{Citation|title=Why you should talk to your Starbucks barista about race|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/why-you-should-talk-to-your-starbucks-barista-about-race/|language=en|accessdate=2017-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?412034-1/conservatism-progressivism|title=Conservatism Progressivism, Jul 12 2016 {{!}} Video {{!}} C-SPAN.org|website=C-SPAN.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=After Charleston funerals, where does U.S. stand on race?|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/after-charleston-funerals-where-does-u-s-stand-on-race/|language=en|accessdate=2017-08-17}}</ref> and public speaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6238|title=A Celebration of Max Roach Webcast {{!}} Library of Congress|date=2014-01-27|website=www.loc.gov|others=Various|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=NNIStamfordCT|title=New Neighborhoods Inc. - Champions of Housing 2013 - Guest Speaker: Janus Adams|date=2013-03-19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdhKW9LuVZk|accessdate=2017-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=APB Speakers|title=Glory Days - Janus Adams|date=2016-04-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIMs3u_53nI|accessdate=2017-08-17}}</ref>
At 8, Adams was one of four black children selected to integrate a White school in New York in order to break segregation.<ref name=":2" />
== Books == * ''A Mystical Journey Into Cajun Country'' (BackPax, 1986)<ref>{{Cite book|title=A mystical journey into Cajun country|last=Adams|first=Janus|date=1986-01-01|publisher=BackPax International|isbn=0930399005|location=Wilton, Conn.|language=English|oclc = 21164283}}</ref> * ''Journey to the Moon -- and Beyond'' (BackPax, 1988)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Journey to the moon-- and beyond|last=Adams|first=Janus|date=1988-01-01|publisher=BackPax International|isbn=0930399064|location=Wilton, CT|language=English|oclc = 19863197}}</ref> * ''Traveling Mark Twain's America'' (BackPax, 1988)<ref>{{Citation|title=Traveling Mark Twain's America|date=1988-01-01|publisher=BackPax|language=English|isbn=0930399013|oclc=21613691}}</ref> * ''Escape to Freedom: Underground Railroad'' (BackPax, 1988)<ref>{{Citation|title=Escape to freedom: underground railroad|date=1988-01-01|publisher=BackPax International|language=English|isbn=0930399021|oclc=19863553}}</ref> * ''Routes 'n Roots: An Explorer's Guide to America'' (BackPax, 1988)<ref>{{Citation|title=Routes 'n roots: an explorer's guide to America.|date=1988-01-01|publisher=BackPax|language=English|isbn=0930399072|oclc=21248993}}</ref> * ''Glory Days'' (Harper Perennial, 1996)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Glory days.|last=Adams|first=Janus|date=1996-01-01|publisher=Harperperennial|isbn=0060927526|location=New York|language=English|oclc = 231227935}}</ref> * ''Freedom Days : 365 inspired moments in civil rights history'' (Wiley, 1998)<ref name=":0" /> * ''Way to Go! The BackPax Parents' Guide to Empowering Adventurous Young Minds'' (BackPax, 2014)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.backpaxkids.com/way-to-go-.html|title=BackPaxKids.com :: WAY TO GO! Empowering Adventurous Young Minds (book)|website=Janus Adams LLC/BackPax|language=en|access-date=2017-08-17}}</ref>
== Radio == * ''The Janus Adams Show''<ref name=":1" /> (WJFF-FM, 2016–present) * ''The Tavis Smiley Show''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/tavis-smiley/2004/08/25/13087471/|title=The Tavis Smiley Show for August 25, 2004|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-08-16|language=en}}</ref> (NPR, 2002 - 2004)
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.janusadams.com}}
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