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Black History Month Celebrated On WCLK

Throughout February you can count on WCLK to bring you some of the very best programming depicting the African American journey in America.  Black History Month Programming on WCLK is made possible in part by our friends at Mercedes Benz of Buckhead.

Each day on WCLK you will hear short vignettes about African Americans who have contributed significantly to the fabric of our society and world.

Featured vignettes for the last week of February are as follows:

Sunday, February 22, Duke Ellington
Monday, February 23, Julie Dash
Tuesday, February 24, H. Rap Brown
Wednesday, February 25, Barbara Jordan
Thursday, February 26, Gordon Parks
Friday, February 27, Charlotta Bass
Saturday, February 28, Louis Armstrong

Featured vignettes for the third week of February are as follows:

Sunday, February 15, Malcom X
Monday, February 16, Amiri Baraka
Tuesday, February 17, Gwendolyn Brooks
Wednesday, February 18, Randy Weston
Thursday, February 19, Mahalia Jackson
Friday, February 20, Jean Basquiat
Saturday, February 21, Jessye Norman

Featured vignettes for the second week of February are as follows:

Sunday, February 8, Jubilee Singers
Monday, February 9, Nelson Mandela
Tuesday, February 10, Richard Pryor
Wednesday, February 11, Abbey Lincoln
Thursday, February 12, James Baldwin
Friday, February 13, Tuskeegee Airmen
Saturday, February 14, Muhammad Ali

Featured vignettes for the first week of February are as follows:

Sunday, February 1, Black Radio
Monday, February 2, Middle Passage
Tuesday, February 3, Oscar Micheaux
Wednesday, February 4, Althea Gibson
Thursday, February 5, Harlem Renaissance
Friday, February 6, Amistad
Saturday, February 7, Freedom Journal

Additionally, each Wednesday evening during February at 7pm WCLK will air audio documentaries from the African American Public Radio Consortium that will enlighten and entertain.

Wednesday, February 4 @ 7:00pm--A Man Like Curtis: Curtis Mayfield 
Hosted by Lenny Kravitz

Wednesday, February 11 @ 7:00pm--Where is the Love: The Donny Hathaway Story
Hosted by Roberta Flack

Wednesday, February 18 @ 7:00pm--Stubborn Kinda Fella: Remembering Marvin Gaye
Hosted by Smokey Robinson

Wednesday, February 25 @ 7:00pm--Feeling Good-The Nina Simone Story: Told by her daughter, vocalist Lisa  Simone Kelly, Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story is a touching, intimate look at life, work and genius of jazz composer, pianist,  vocalist and civil rights activist Nina Simone.