Uptown at the Apollo
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Richard Pryor, Sammy Davis, Jr., Stevie Wonder and Sam Moore are among the artists who have had their names in lights outside of the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem. They appear with Tony Brown when he turns the pa...
Pearl: An Underground Railroad
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The 54-ton schooner named the Pearl sailed into the history books on April 15, 1848 when 77 enslaved Americans attempted an escape to freedom. Mary Kay Ricks, author of Escape on the Pearl: The Heroic Bid for Freedom ...
Historical Black Women in The Military
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African-American women in military service also did not receive proper recognition for their service. Reflecting that apartheid custom, the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was the only African-American WA...
A Voice In The Wilderness
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Will America grow up before it grows old and how the Social Security entitlement crisis threatens you, your family and your country. Guest Peter Peterson. 1920
Another Look At Mississippi
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Segment probes textbook controversy in the Magnolia State. (417)
The First AIDS Whistle-Blower
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Dr. Robert Strecker, producer of "The Strecker Memorandum," alleges that the AIDS virus is man-made. On this program, Dr. Strecker contends that the disease will annihilate the African population in several decades. ...
Ben and Bert (Ben Vereen)
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Ben Vereen was really hurt by the reaction of some Aframericans to his 1980 Presidential Inaugural blackface performance. He explains, “It’s important that we never forget where we came from because that only makes us...
Were Angolans The First African Americans?
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Recently discovered artifacts suggest that the true origin of the first Aframericans is Angola. They settled in Jamestown, VA in 1619. (Curator Tom Davidson and Liz Montgomery) Guest: Tom Davidson, senior curator o...
The Chief (Alfred Anderson)
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The father of Black Aviation, Charles A. “Chief” Anderson, turned the tide against segregation in the armed services when he gave Eleanor Roosevelt her first plane ride with a Black pilot – an experience which the US ...
From The Library of Black History: The Longest Struggle
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This 30-minute version of the story of Black America and the NAACP’s 75-year march to freedom and justice. (1307)
