African-American Civil Rights Movement
- Attribution
- Posted15 July 2022
The People vs J Edgar Hoover. 7. Publish and Be Damned. Audio, 14 minutes
Hoover begins to lose control of the American narrative.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Witness History. Civil Rights activist Ida B Wells. Audio, 9 minutes
How a pioneering African-American journalist campaigned against lynching in the US
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Poetic Provocations, Tupac. Audio, 14 minutes
Inua Ellams explores the impact of rapper 2Pac on his political and racial awareness.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Marian Anderson - Of Thee We Sing. Audio, 44 minutes
The life and legacy of pioneering contralto Marian Anderson presented by Linton Stephens.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted11 January 2022
- Attribution
- Posted5 January 2022
- Attribution
- Posted16 December 2021
- 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. Revival, Maya Angelou. Video, 38 minutes
Maya Angelou gives a frank account of her journey to becoming an author.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
Face to Face. Original, Martin Luther King. Video, 32 minutes
John Freeman interviews civil rights leader Martin Luther King. First broadcast in 1961.
- AttributionBBC Two
- 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 over a year
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 11 months
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
