Short Wave Celebrates Black Excellence In Science
To close out Black History Month, Short Wave is highlighting just a few of the many incredible black scientists we've featured so far on the show.
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From Breastfeeding To Beyoncé, 'Skimmed' Tells A New Story About Black Motherhood
Book author Andrea Freeman discusses the history of breastfeeding among black women, and why media portrayals of black moms matter.
A Code Switch Playlist For Black History Month
Black History Month is here, and it's the perfect time to catch up on stories about the hidden heroes and buried history of black America.
WSFC School Board Votes Down Measure For Mandatory Black History Course
The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education voted down a measure that would have required high school students to take an African American history class to graduate. The district's superintendent offered an alternative that will give more time to assess the issue.
The Black History Heritage Ride Returns To Greensboro Transit Authority
It's Black History Month in America, and for the Greensboro Transit Authority, that means a return of the Heritage Ride.
Looking 'Beyond The Big House' And Into The Lives Of Slaves
A new house tour bypasses Charleston's antebellum mansions and takes visitors directly to the quarters where enslaved people lived and worked.
'What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?' Frederick Douglass, Revisited
Two readings, 165 years apart, addressed to a nation at a precarious political moment. Why Frederick Douglass' famous 1852 anti-slavery speech is still read — and still resonates — in 2017.
Meet Freda DeKnight, A 'Hidden Figure' And Titan Of African-American Food
DeKnight was Ebony's first food editor and author of a best-selling African-American cookbook in the '40s. Her recipes presented a vision of black America that was often invisible in mainstream media.
Frederick Douglass On How Slave Owners Used Food As A Weapon Of Control
Hunger was Douglass' constant companion as a boy. As a young man, he escaped slavery and became a heroic abolitionist who revealed how food was a key tool in the immoral mechanics of slavery.
Mission Of African-American Museum Writ Large In Its Very Design
The "dark presence" of the bronze and brooding National Museum of African American History and Culture illuminates black history, and by extension, the history of America itself.