African-American Civil Rights Movement
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
Witness History. The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks. Audio, 9 minutes
The story of a woman who played a largely unsung role in countless medical breakthroughs
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted2 February 2021
- Attribution
- Posted29 January 2021
Calling for more US funding for black scientists. Newsday. Audio, 00:04:20
There are disparities in the way money is allocated for research
- AttributionBBC
- Posted28 January 2021
Small Axe: The Podcast. 2. Awakening. Audio, 34 minutes
Weyland Mckenzie-Witter continues the conversation Professor Kehinde Andrews.
- AttributionBBC Radio 1
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted16 January 2021
Verlene Warnock reacts to her son Raphael becoming a US Senator. Newshour. Audio, 00:01:33
Verlene Warnock, the 82-year-old mother of Raphael Warnock on his Senate victory
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Posted6 January 2021
- Attribution
- Posted31 December 2020
The Essay. Secret Admirers, Jumoké Fashola on Nina Simone. Audio, 14 minutes
Radio 3 presenter Jumoké Fashola celebrates the American singer-songwriter Nina Simone
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
- Attribution
- Posted25 October 2020
From Civil Rights to Smethwick: Why was Malcolm X in the West Midlands? Video, 00:02:50
From Civil Rights to Smethwick: Why was Malcolm X in the West Midlands?
- AttributionBBC
- Posted23 October 2020
Witness History. The US Voting Rights Act of 1965. Audio, 9 minutes
The landmark legislation was introduced to ensure the rights of African Americans to vote
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Rethink. DeRay McKesson: Rethinking The Impossible. Audio, 6 minutes
Civil rights activist McKesson believes in a better future for young black men
- AttributionBBC Sounds
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Thinking Black, John Howard Griffin. Audio, 14 minutes
Colin Grant examines how black people often experience invisibility in wider society.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
