Mother and son poets meet to talk about the courage of poetry, the pleasures of red rice and language.

After waiting for Mr. Right (who has yet to arrive) - and after years of fertility treatments - Suzanne, a single woman in her forties, decided to adopt. She chose transracial adoption.

This is a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr, and features many of his most famous speeches mixed with music.

Isabel Wilkerson talks about her book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, focusing on the transfer of Southern culture to the North, creating a new, vibrant culture in the country.

Home from Home is a radio show and online network, celebrating the diversity of the global black experience, through the stories of the people who live it.

A year in the life of Catherine "Coco" Means, as she leaves her long-time home in a Chicago public housing development and moves to her first private-market apartment on the city's South Side.
(Winner: 2003 Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence in Journalism)

The story of the homefront disaster of World War II — an ammunition explosion that killed more than 300 men — and what happened to the 50 African American men who refused to go back to work loading ammunition after the explosion.

Mob madness leads to a pivotal feminist protest during the dark days of Jim Crow racism.

The stories of Penn. Quakers -- who guided slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad -- and their descendants, locked in a struggle with striking Mexican farm workers.

A panel of three African-Americans reflect on their greatest challenges and successes in resolving racial conflict throughout their lives.

An exploration of the life, work, and lasting influence of African American teacher, author, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois.

Does a black president equal black power? Three African-American community leaders discuss how Obama’s election, and presidency, has changed their perspective on what black power is...and what it isn’t.

This is a telling of Virginia Hamilton's American Black Folktale "The People Could Fly."

Popular storyteller Imakhu Mwt Shekemet's contemporary version of Afro-Brazillian folktale, "Mae de Agua."

Folk music legend Pete Seeger explains the history behind the civil rights anthem, "We Shall Overcome", and why this famous song has many brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers. And he sings, too.

With the advent and explosion of contemporary Gospel music on the scene, Negro spirituals have been on the decline. One local group that’s trying to keep them alive is Friends of Negro Spirituals, based in Oakland. KALW’s Hana Baba sat down with co-founders Sam Edwards and Lyvonne Chrisman to find out what inspired them to reach back into history and preserve this unique art form.

This feature profiles a black man awaiting a kidney transplant.

The names of many of Reverend Martin Luther King Junior’s associates are well known: Harry Belafonte, Jesse Jackson, Andrew Young. But one of his most important confidants, a Jewish business man from New York named Stanley Levison, has remained largely hidden from public view. From what we know about him, Levison probably would have wanted it that way.

Street performance piece with Artist Damali Ayo as she panhandles around the country to create dialogue about reparations for slavery.

Two years ago, 166 Hurricane Katrina evacuees from New Orleans ended up in Omaha, Nebraska. Two years out, one man is trying hard--perhaps too hard--to help them get back on their feet.

The African-American experience with Shakespeare.

Spoken-word poetry detailing memories of the 1991 Los Angeles Uprising

91-year-old Ruth Ballard tells her minister, Ramonia Lee, about moving to Tuskegee, Alabama during World War II.

John W. Franklin is the grandson of an African American lawyer who survived the 1921 Tulsa race riot. Here, Franklin shares his grandfather’s memories of the race riot, his father’s memories of racism and his own memories of the beginnings of racial healing.

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Therese Peterson started volunteering as an actor in the the Underground Railroad Reenactment tour in late 2005. She says that if she wasn't given the opportunity to play the part of the conductor, she might not be with us today. Therese takes us through the tour, and tells us how being a conductor changed her forever.

Why were experienced journalists so stunned that most of those left behind in flooded New Orleans were poor and black?

A double standard still exists for this racial epithet.

The first performance by Chicago teenager Sean Reed, here he reads about his perception of integrity and how it relates to identity - a wonderful poem about the complexities of identity in America, especially for a young black male.

Can people of African descent be word nerds? Can we avoid people's expectation that "black people" talk "black?" A few University of Minnesota students sound off.

Athletes are often role models, as are some politicians and teachers. And musicians, like pianist Awadagin Pratt, can be considered role models as well. Use this 28 second clip to introduce pianist Awadagin Pratt playing any of his recordings.