GPB's 2010 Black History Month Programming
Television Specials | Radio Specials
Radio Programming
An Imperfect Revolution: Voices from the Desegregation Era – Monday, 2/1, 7pm
In the 1970s for the first time, large numbers of white children and black children began attending school together. It was an experience that shaped them for life.
Remembering Jim Crow – Monday, 2/8, 7pm
For much of the 20th century, African Americans endured a legal system in the American South that was calculated to segregate and humiliate them.
King's Last March - Monday, 2/15, 7pm
Four decades after Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated, he remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that’s not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life.
Say it Plain: A Century of African American Oratory - Monday, 2/22, 7pm
Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most famous black orator in history. But he was hardly alone. For generations, African Americans have been demanding justice and equality, reminding America to make good on its founding principles of democracy.
Television Programming
In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement, Thursday, 2/11, 8pm
President and Mrs. Obama host the event in honor of Black History month with special guests including Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, Seal, Smokey Robinson and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
For Love Of Liberty:The Story Of America’s Black Patriots, Thursdays, 2/18 & 2/25, 9pm
Academy Award-winning actress Halle Berry hosts this unprecedented look at the largely untold history of African-American participation in America’s armed forces.
