African-American Civil Rights Movement
- Attribution
- Posted18 November 2021
Arts & Ideas. Marvin Gaye's What's Going On. Audio, 44 minutes
Ahead of a performance at the London Jazz Festival, what history underpins the album?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Face to Face. Face to Face: Maya Angelou. Video, 37 minutes
Maya Angelou gives a frank account of her journey to becoming an author.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
Face to Face. Martin Luther King. Video, 32 minutes
Martin Luther King, civil rights leader, interviewed by John Freeman. (1961)
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted27 October 2021
Our Black History Heroes. Series 1, Maya Angelou. Video, 2 minutes
Lois introduces American poet, writer and civil activist Maya Angelou.
- AttributionCBBC
- Available for 4 months
You're Dead to Me. Paul Robeson. Audio, 53 minutes
Greg Jenner and his guests discuss the astonishing life and legacy of Paul Robeson.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted13 October 2021
Great Lives. Ruth Rogers on James Baldwin. Audio, 28 minutes
Ruth Rogers chooses the life of writer James Baldwin.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Documentary Podcast. Archiving Black America. Audio, 28 minutes
Maya Millett speaks to the archivists amplifying the buried stories of African-Americans
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Black American Fight for Freedom. Video, 59 minutes
Revealing the moments where America had the chance to become more equal but failed.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Dorothy Butler Gilliam: American news pioneer. Audio, 9 minutes
The first African American woman to be hired as a reporter by the Washington Post
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. In Their Voices, Robert McFerrin. Audio, 14 minutes
Peter Brathwaite shares his love of the voice of Robert McFerrin and why it is so special.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. In Their Voices, Leontyne Price. Audio, 14 minutes
Peter Brathwaite shares his love of the voice of Leontyne Price and why it is so special.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. In Their Voices, Marian Anderson. Audio, 14 minutes
Peter Brathwaite shares his love of the voice of Marian Anderson and why it is so special.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
You're Dead to Me. The Harlem Renaissance. Audio, 52 minutes
Greg Jenner takes us back to 1920s New York to explore the Harlem Renaissance.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare's Sisters, Madame E Toussaint Welcome. Audio, 14 minutes
Lucy Powell remembers one of the first African American film directors.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Free breakfasts with the Black Panthers. Audio, 9 minutes
How the revolutionary black rights organisation started serving breakfast to children
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
