Amplifying Black History

Black History Month

To celebrate Black History Month, we’re sharing NPR, PBS and WABE original content that amplifies Black culture and history.

Black History in Atlanta with “City Lights”

New book ‘Blk Art: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art’ addresses gaping holes in art history

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater brings new and traditional works to Atlanta for Black History Month

‘Leaving Mississippi’ exhibit speaks of unsung heroes, crossroads, and Black life in the deep South

‘Black American Portraits’ exhibit restores dignity through historic images at Spelman

MTV Entertainment Studios partners with Morehouse College on film honoring MLK

‘Atlanta’s Savory Stories’ shares history of food as a form of nonviolent Black Resistance

More Interviews

LISTEN — Historic Development District Corporation CEO talks history, preservation of Sweet Auburn

LISTEN — Georgia’s Sapelo Island, the focus of a new documentary

Alveda King reflects on height of Civil Rights Movement, modeling a life of service

Atlanta historian reflects on significance of Juneteenth

Black History

‘The Best of Moral Leadership:’ Reflections On The Legacy Of Civil Rights Icon John Lewis

Rep. John Lewis is being memorialized as a hero of the civil rights movement and a champion for voting rights. He passed away in Atlanta on Friday at the age of 80, following a battle with pancreatic cancer. On Monday’s special edition of “Closer Look,” host Rose Scott spoke with historians, fellow civil rights activists, … Continued

Black History and the Arts

Art exhibit ‘Clotilda: The Final Journey’ honors captives in the last slave ship voyage to the U.S.

Decades of photography question what defines the South in Georgia Museum of Art exhibit

P.H. Polk’s exhibit ‘Unframed Images’ captures 20th-century Black life in a new light

Lava Thomas’ new exhibition ‘Homecoming’ centers on Black History at the Spelman Museum of Fine Art

Mike Wiley’s solo play ‘Breach of Peace’ spotlights 1961 Freedom Riders at Lawrenceville Arts Center

The inspirational life and music of Civil Rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer in one-woman show

Black History

Three Black women fought to desegregate Georgia State. Six decades later, the school honors them

PBS Documentaries

The Black Church

Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglas

Zora Neale Hurston

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