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WFSK Black History Month Programs2012

Turn your radio on during Black History Month andSee What You Are Missing on WFSK

Feb. 13 - Monday - 5pm - The Souls of Black Folks - Part IIThis 2-hour program features rare recordings of one of Americas greatest intellectuals,W.E.B. DuBois. In 2003, The Pacifica Radio Archives celebrated the 100 year anniversary ofthe publication of The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B DuBois with a two hour special tributenarrated by actress Alfre Woodard, with thoughts from Congresswomen Diane Watson (D-CA) and Maxine Waters(D-CA), author Playthell Benjamin, historian Acie Byrd, and authorDr. Gerald Horne.

8pm - Keyboard Wizard: Art Tatum StorySquarely grounded in the stride piano style of James P. Johnson and Fats Waller, Art Tatumtook solo jazz piano to new heights of harmonic sophistication and breathtaking execution.Actor Vernel Bagneris offers a glimpse of Tatum through the words of jazz musicians whoknew himbandleader and pianist Count Basie, Maurice Wallerson of Fats, guitarist LesPaul, blues singer Al Hibbler and drummer Louis Bellson.

Feb. 14 Tuesday - 10pm Ebony Love Songs: A Valentine Celebration of BlackSongwritersJim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests perform love songs from the pantheon of early 20thcentury black songwriters, including Eubie Blake, Waller & Razaf, Duke Ellington, Don

Redman, and Benny Carter.

Feb. 16 Thursday - 7pm Dick GregoryFrom the Pacifica Radio Vault Collection, there is nothing like a good laugh to make a badsituation better. The challenge is to be able to find humor in something as bleak and tragic asracism in America, fell into the hands of a young man from Chicago with an acerbic wit anda charismatic presence. Mr. Dick Gregory, a longtime Pacifica radio personality andsupporter, became one of the first Black comedians to successfully deal with race to bothWhite and Black audiences and he confronted race and class head on.

8pm The Life and Times of Zora Neale HurstonThe PRI program is an absorbing hour-long examination of one of America's most

celebrated writers. Actress Vanessa Williams hosts the documentary, illuminating the life andworks of the Florida folklorist, novelist and playwright. The program also shares the insightsof shares the insights of historians and biographers, while evoking 1920s black Americathrough music and dramatic readings of Hurston's work.

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Feb. 20 Monday - 5pm The Maya Angelou Special

Dr. Maya Angelou renders a poetic portrait of the day-to-day lives of African Americansduring the civil rights era, when artists and activists, musicians and ministers joined handswith people from all walks of life to bring about a historic change in our culture. Theprogram highlights:

Congressman John Lewis, and fellow Presidential Medal of Freedom 2011recipient

Nikky Finney, winner of the 2011 National Book Award for Poetry Singer and songwriter Mary J. Blige, who will play Nina Simone in an upcoming

film Economist and Bennett College President Dr. Julianne Malveaux Ambassador Andrew Young talks about his relationship with Martin Luther King

8pm - Louis Armstrong TributeTune in for birthday celebration of memorable stories about Louis Armstrong fromproducer George Avakian, opera star Robert Merrill, Roger Glenn- Son of Armstrong bandmember Tyree Glenn, and former Armstrong band member peanuts Hucko, along with theJim Cullum Jazz Band, Nicholas Payton, and Bob Barnard performing classic Armstrongtunes in honor of Armstrongs unofficial birthday.

Feb. 21 Tuesday - 10pm Redefining Black Power in the Age of ObamaParts I - 3

Does a black president equal black power? Will Obamas presidency create lasting change forAfrican-Americans? Or will anything change at all? On this edition, we present a round tablediscussion, featuring three African-American community leaders, about how Obamaselection, and presidency, has changed their perspective on what black power isand what itisnt.

Feb. 23 Thursday - 7pm to 9pm -A Huey P. Newton StoryIn this Obie Award-winning show by Roger Guenveur Smith, the life of the controversialBlack Panther leader is brilliantly imagined through a series of improvisations based onNewton's own words and writings.

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Feb. 27 - Monday 5pm Heavenly Sight

Since the time of Aristotle, blind seers have been regarded as bearers of special insight. HostDavid Marash brings us the stories, music and this insight from the blind gospel traditionthat transformed American song and gave it soul. We hear the music and stories of blackgospel 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 - andReverend Gary Davis whose "holy blues" influenced Ry Cooder and Bob Dylan.

8pm - Ace of Rhythm: The Story of Trumpeter Jabbo SmithJabbo Smith had a short but important recording career in the late 1920s when he becamethe first trumpeter to seriously challenge Louis Armstrong with a virtuosity which was yearsahead of its time. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band will revive some of their favorite Jabbo Smith

compositions. And, well hear scenes from Jabbos life in his own words,

Feb. 28 - Tuesday - 10pm Zydeco NationThe French Creoles of South Louisiana are a rural people whose roots contain a blend ofAfrican, French, and other ancestries. During the era of legalized segregation, theydeveloped close-knit communities and a vibrant musical culture. Zydeco Nationis a one-hourdocumentary that tells the story of that migration and looks at the zydeco culture that nowthrives in the Bay Area.