[Peace] Black History Month TV and radio specials on WILL

[Kranich, Kimberlie]

Hi, all.

Mark your calendars for the following Black History Month Specials on WILL:

Wednesday, February 9, 8 - 10pm, WILL-TV
Slavery and the Making of America, Parts 1 & 2, Repeated midnight Thursday;
3am Friday; midnight Sunday; and 3am Monday
Chronicles the institution of American slavery from its origins on 1619 -
when English settler in Virginia purchased 20 Africans from Dutch traders --
through the arrival of the first 11 slaves in New Amsterdam, the American
revolution, the Civil War, the adoption of the 13th Amendment and
Reconstruction.  With such unprecedented breadth comes entirely new
perspectives on and facts about slavery.  These new perspectives challenge
many long-held notions, such as the idea that slavery was strictly a
Southern institution; it was, in fact, a national institution.  

Friday, February 11, 10pm, WILL-TV
Chisholm '72 - Unbought and Unbossed. Te times and spirit of a watershed
event in American politics, when Shirley Chisholm, an African-American
woman, dared to take an equal place on the presidential dais.

Wednesday, February 16, 8 - 10pm, WILL-TV
Slavery and the Making of America, Parts 3 & 4, Repeated midnight Thursday;
3am Friday; midnight Sunday; and 3am Monday

Monday, February 21, 8pm, WILL-TV
Malcolm X - Make It Plain, repeated 2am Wednesday and 2am Monday
A portrait of a complex man whose ideas continue to resonate.

Friday, February 25, 10pm, WILL-TV
Thunder in Guyana.  Repeated 3am Sunday. When the filmmaker's cousin was
elected Guyana's president seven years ago, Janet Rosenberg Jagan -
considered one of the founders of Guyana along with her husband, Cheddi
JAgan - became the first American-born woman to lead a nation.  

Monday, February 28, 8pm WILL-TV
Harlem Globetrotters: The Team that Changed the World
The Globetrotters' legendary upset of the World Champion Minneapolis Lakers
in 1948 paved the way for integration of the NBA.  In 1951, they traveled to
Berlin, where over 75,000 fans witnesses the return of Olympic champion
Jesse Owens.

February 19, 5pm on WILL-AM 580
Say It Plain: A Century of African-American Oratory

February 26, 5pm on WILL-AM 580
The Afro: Personal Reflections

February 19, 8pm on WILL-FM 90.9 and 101.1
Black History in Live Performance: A Mountain Stage Celebration 2005

February 20 at 4:06pm on WILL-FM 90.9 & 101.1
Classically Black: Celebration
A look at Adolphus Hailstork's music.

February 25, 8pm on WILL-FM 90.9 and 101.1
In Old New Orleans: The Story of Jazz Legend Bunk Johnson

February 26, 8pm on WILL-FM 90.9 and 101.1
The Making of a Man: The Story of Frederick Douglass

February 27,, 4:06pm on WILL-FM 90.9 & 101.1FM
William Grant Still: A Legacy of Triumph

Best,
Kimberlie Kranich
Outreach Coordinator
WILL AM-FM-TV