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Winter Festival Lineup

Airs at: Thu, 02/08/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  The Film Show
  As winter drizzles on, there are two golden opportunities this month to get out and see the world without leaving Oregon: the Cascade Festival of African Films and the Portland International Film Festival. Ben Popp has been gathering together regional filmmakers for th... Read more

Celebrating Black Voices in Country Music

Airs at: Sat, 02/03/2018 at 6:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Swing 'n' Country
February is Black History Month so here at Swing'n'Country we're celebrating the many contributions African-American musicians have made to country music.  Hear Leadbelly's early country blues, Chuck Berry's rockabilly sounds, and Stoney Edwards' 1970's hit "She's My Roc... Read more

Poor People's Campaign Brings Call for Morality and Justice to Salem

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 5:00pm - 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
This coming Monday, February 5th, a number of Oregonians will deliver a letter to the state capitol in Salem, as part of the nationwide Poor People’s Campaign. The campaign describes itself as "A National Call for Moral Revival," and is inspired by, though far from an ex... Read more

The best in Protest Music

Airs at: Fri, 02/02/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Produced for:  From the Grassroots
 The best in Protest Music will be deconstructed and celebrated on Feb 2 2018 from 8pm-10pm on "From the Grassroots", a radio show and Podcast,  where  we agitate for social change with music and political commentary . Joining LaNita Duke will be Art Historian Professor D... Read more

Movie Reviews: Mud Bound and Strong Island

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Denise Morris and Laurie Mercier review two Academy Award nominated films, the feature film Mudbound and the documentary Strong Island. Both films take up issues of race in the US and particularly violence against Black men.     Read more

Black History Festival NW 

Airs at: Tue, 01/30/2018 at 11:00am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae features the first ever Black History Festival NW with festival director Shalanda Sims about this extension of her Black History Month play Who I Am Celebrating Me Black History play which will have its 12th performance this year (Feb. 11 & 12 at 7:30pm). With he... Read more

Portland's African American Boys: How To Be An Ally

Airs at: Mon, 01/29/2018 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  More Talk Radio
Justice Rajee discusses his passion and advocacy for Black boys in Portland and the new course entitled: "Portland's African American Boys: How to be an Ally" this February at the Portland Underground Graduate School.  The course will focus on the past, present, and futur... Read more

Betty Before X author Renee Watson

Airs at: Thu, 02/01/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
In Detroit, 1945, eleven-year-old Betty's house doesn't quite feel like home. She believes her mother loves her, but she can't shake the feeling that her mother doesn't want her. Church helps those worries fade, if only for a little while. The singing, the preaching, the... Read more

The future of Black Portland: A SWOT Analysis

Airs at: Sat, 01/27/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Royal Harris guest hosts a portion of the show to discuss the future of Black Portland: A SWOT Analysis. He and his guests will be looking at how we build, retain and grow the community looking at strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The rest of the show wi... Read more

Profile: Dr Lonnie Smith

Airs at: Sat, 02/17/2018 at 2:00pm - 5:00pm
  On February 17, from 4-5 pm, the show will focus on the career of Dr Lonnie Smith, the last of the masters of the Hammond B-3 organ, who is performing at the PDX Jazz Festival on Friday Feb 23. Rick Mitchell will be talking with Dr. Lonnie Smith by phone at some point... Read more