KSMU and Ozarks Public Television both offer multiple opportunities to celebrate and educate this month.
http://ksmu.org/page/2012-black-history-month-specials-ksmu
http://www.optv.org/events/SpecialProgramming.html
2012 Black History Month Specials on KSMU
Thursday | February 9 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Maya Angelou’s Black History Month Special Maya Angelou defines Black History, as it is embraced in our popular culture with an emphasis on the civil rights era and a poetic acknowledgement of late activist, Rosa Parks. This one hour historical trek takes us from the 1950’s thru the 1990’s. Dr. Maya Angelou renders a poetic portrait of the day-to-day lives of African Americans during the civil rights era, when artists and activists, musicians and ministers joined hands with people from all walks of life to bring about a historic change in our culture. |
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Monday | February13 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Heavenly Sight: Of Vision Lost and Found Since the time of Aristotle, blind seers have been regarded as bearers of special insight. Host David Marash brings us the stories, music and this insight from the blind gospel tradition that transformed American song and gave it soul. We hear the music and stories of black gospel singers including: Arizona Dranes, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Blind Willie Johnson, Ray Charles – Flora Molton —who survived by singing on the streets of Washington DC – and Reverend Gary Davis whose “holy blues” influenced Ry Cooder and Bob Dylan. |
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Thursday | February 16 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Back of the Bus: Mass Transit, Race and Inequality Equal access to transportation was once a central issue of the Civil Rights Movement. But today, disparities still persist. |
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Monday | February 20 | 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm | The Tavis Smiley Show: Memories of the Movement The years of the Civil Rights Movement are counted among the most volatile, yet vibrant, in American history. In our Black History month special, Memories of the Movement, The Tavis Smiley Show celebrates the courage, conviction and commitment of the everyday people who made extraordinary contributions to American social progress. Memories of the Movement features poignant, humorous, unheard or little known stories from a number of well-known civil rights icons. |
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Thursday | February 23 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | Say It Loud: Great Speech on Civil Rights Public speech making has played a powerful role in the long struggle by African Americans for equal rights. This collection highlights speeches by an eclectic mix of black leaders. Their impassioned, eloquent words continue to affect the ideas of a nation and the direction of history. |
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Monday | February 27 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm | State of Siege: Mississippi Whites and Civil Rights Mississippi led the South in an extraordinary battle to maintain racial segregation. Whites set up powerful citizens groups and state agencies to fight the civil rights movement. Their tactics were fierce and, for a time, very effective
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African-American History Programming on OPT – KOZK
February 2012
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African-American History Programming on Ozarks Public Television Faces of America Independent Lens: Daisy Bates Underground Railroad: The William Still Story Seeds of Success, The Legacy of George Washington Carver Independent Lens: The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Slavery By Another Name Independent Lens: More Than A Month American Masters: Cab Calloway Coming in MARCH 2012…
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