Selected from BBC World Service's Witness program,audiences will hear the sage of America's first major-party black candidate for president; meet one of the founding members of the first classical ballet company to focus on African American dancers; and Ruby Bridges talks approximately being escorted to school by U.
S. Marshals.
Witness: Black History Month features first-hand accounts, archive material and insight from historians.
Airs Wednesday, and February 21 at 9pm on WNYC 93.9 FM
Source: thetakeaway.org