Black History Month specials

Series produced by With Good Reason

Caption: Barbara Johns
Barbara Johns 

With Good Reason Specials for Black History Month

From an intimate conversation with Toni Morrison, to an exploration of the gospel roots of Rock and Roll, join us as we celebrate the lives and contributions of African Americans.


60 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
BHM Special: Natasha Trethewey on Native Guard (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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A conversation with Pulitzer Award-winning poet and former U.S. poet laureate Natasha Trethewey - Maya Angleou's global legacy - Highlights from Fu...

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting and WNSB


  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
BHM Special: Black History in Hollywood (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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The author of Hidden Figures on the women behind NASA - The story of Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who brought down interracial marriage b...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, KPSQ-LP, WLPR , WNSB, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 9
BHM Special: Listen Up - Music & Politics (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace

Bought by KPSQ-LP, WNSB, WVAS, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
BHM Special: Listen Up - Music & Politics (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace - The str...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WKMS, WNSB, WCMU Michigan, WXDU and more


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 7
BHM Special: Listen Up - Music & Politics (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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One man's quest to free Africa's historical recordings from the colonial archives - Teaching hip-hop diplomats how to use music for peace - The str...

Bought by WKMS, WNSB, and WLPR


  • Added: Feb 24, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
BHM Special: A Curse Upon the Nation (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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How today's racial rhetoric borrows from the past - Author Paula Seniors on her mother's turn to militant activism

Bought by WLPR , KPSQ-LP, WLPR , WNSB, and WVAS


  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
BHM Special: A Curse Upon the Nation (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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How today's racial rhetoric borrows from the past - Author Paula Seniors on her mother's turn to militant activism - Responding to Birth of a Natio...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WUGA (part of GPB), Georgia Public Broadcasting, WNSB, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: May 19, 2017
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 6
“An Outrage”: Reflections on Racism Past and Present (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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“An Outrage” is a documentary film about lynching in the American South, directed by Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren. Beginning with the end of the C...

Bought by KGNU Boulder, Colo., KMUD, and KRZA


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
“An Outrage”: Reflections on Racism Past & Present (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-An Outrage” is a documentary film about lynching in the American South, directed by Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren. -Renowned author Ernest Gaines ...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WLPR , KUHF, and WKMS


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: 54:56
  • Purchases: 4
An Outrage (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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An Outrage” is a documentary film about lynching in the American South, directed by Hannah Ayers and Lance Warren. Beginning with the end of the Ci...

Bought by KXCV, KVCR, and WKMS


  • Added: Jan 19, 2018
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
Giving Birth While Black (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Dr. Rochanda Mitchell is an expert in fetal medicine and a black woman pregnant with her first child. She understands all too well that even highl...

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, Kansas Public Radio, WLIW, KRDP, WYAP and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
Giving Birth While Black
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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Dr. Rochanda Mitchell is an expert in fetal medicine. She’s also a black woman pregnant with her first child who understands all too well that eve...

Bought by KBIA, WCPN, High Plains Public Radio, WGTE Public Media, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 19
Giving Birth While Black promo
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
Caption: Barbara Johns
Giving Birth While Black promo

Bought by WCPN, WGTE Public Media, KUHF, Boise State Public Radio, KXCV and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2019
  • Length: :29
  • Purchases: 7
The Conflicting Ideals in Jefferson’s Architecture (Half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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The most important architectural thinker of the young American republic was Thomas Jefferson. He also held captive more than 600 enslaved men, wome...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KVSC, WLIW, KMUN, WYAP and more


  • Added: Oct 17, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 10
400 Years After 1619 (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In late August 1619, 20 or more enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia at what’s now called Fort Monroe. They were the first Africans documented in...

Bought by WVAS, Kansas Public Radio, KWMR, KVSC, KRDP and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 12
400 Years After 1619 (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In late August 1619, 20 or more enslaved Africans arrived in Virginia at what’s now called Fort Monroe. They were the first Africans documented in...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WJFF, WTJU, KZYX and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 13
400 years After 1619 (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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400 years ago this month the first captive Africans set foot on American soil. The first baby born to them was William Tucker. We speak with des...

Bought by WJFF, KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Aug 29, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4
Reconstructing Danville (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In 1883 a young African American worker was alleged to have brushed shoulders with a white woman as they passed each other on a narrow sidewalk in...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WUGA (part of GPB), WVAS, Harford Community Radio, KRDP and more


  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Reconstructing Danville (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
Caption: Barbara Johns
-In 1883 a young African American worker was alleged to have brushed shoulders with a white woman as they passed each other on a narrow sidewalk in...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, Morehead State Public Radio, WTJU, WMUU-LP, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 11
Reconstructing Danville (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: Black History Month specials
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-In 1883 a young African American worker was alleged to have brushed shoulders with a white woman as they passed each other on a narrow sidewalk in...

Bought by WGTE Public Media, WSGE, KXCV, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 17, 2019
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 4

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