Biography
Bob Dockery is a radio and television producer, playwright, and former advertising executive. He was born in Tuskegee, Alabama and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. Dockery has worked for Ebony Magazine, Columbia Pictures, and ran his own advertising agency, Polymedia Advertising.
Dockery launched his radio production company, Only Just a Minute, and produced his first radio program "Jazz Chronicles," which was well-received. In 1982, he created the highly acclaimed, "King: A Musical Tribute," hosted by Brock Peters. That program has aired for the past 30 consecutive years. His next project was the 24-hour radio epic, "The Music of Black America," which was hosted by Lou Rawls and JJ Johnson. Dockery followed that successful program with, "Story of a People," hosted by James Earl Jones and Alfre Woodard, which told the history of Black America with narration and music.
Since 1980, Dockery Jr. has produced and aired more than 100 different radio programs. He has been a driving force in radio by reinforcing the culture and history of African Americans. In 1987, he entered television production, where he produced and aired over 45 documentary episodes under the title "Story of a People," over the span of 23 years. These documentaries highlighted African American lifestyles and culture with topics ranging from education and civil rights to Hollywood and Broadway. Other television programs included "The Other Side of Victory," hosted by Arthur Ashe, James Brown and Robin Roberts, "Red, Hot and Cool," hosted by Nancy Wilson and the Black comedy, A Laugh/A Tear hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. Overall, Dockery has produced over 100 television programs that have aired worldwide.
In 2008, Bob Dockery produced a one-hour documentary for TV ONE entitled "MLK- A Dream Deferred," celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. 40 years after his assassination. In 2018, Bob created a non-profit theatrical production company, Only Just A Minute Theater Company, that now owns two stage plays - a musical entitled 'Aspirin - For One Less Headache,' and a play entitled, 'Only Just A Minute,' which is a drama about Benjamin E. Mays and his mentorship of Martin Luther King, Jr.
