America Together: Celebrating Diversity Podcast
1) Black History Month - Claudette Colvin
We remember a recently lost but vital part of Black history: the resistance of Claudette Colvin. At just 15 years old in 1955—months before Rosa Parks—Colvin kept her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus...Show More
2) Black History Month - Hinchliffe Stadium
When Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey, reopened in 2023, it revived a venue steeped in history where 20 Hall of Famers once played. Among them was Larry Doby, who grew up in Paterson and wat...Show More
3) Black History Month - WDIA Radio
WDIA in Memphis, Tennessee, has held a unique place in history as the first radio station programmed entirely for Black Americans. We celebrate the station known as "The Heart and Soul of Memphis." ...Show More
4) Black History Month - Hip Hop Visionary Sylvia Robinson
Three years after Hip Hop's 50th anniversary, we celebrate the "Mother of Hip Hop," Sylvia Robinson. More than just an executive, she was a visionary who heard a new sound and knew exactly what to do ...Show More
5) Black History Month - Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars Part 3
Last August, the surviving members of the 1955 Cannon Street All-Stars embarked on their 70th-anniversary tour, bringing their story to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Their journey is now a...Show More
6) Black History Month - Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars Part 2
In 1955, the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars stood on the field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, listening to the crowd chant "Let them play." While racism kept them out of the game, shortstop John Rivers ...Show More
7) Black History Month - Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars Part 1
In 1955, the Cannon Street YMCA All-Stars were a team of confident young baseball players from Charleston, South Carolina, who just wanted to play ball. Instead, they faced a wall of segregation: ever...Show More
8) Black History Month - Tulsa's 'Mother Randle'
In 1921, a white mob destroyed 35 blocks of the wealthy Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma—historically known as "Black Wall Street." 111-year-old Lessie Benningfield Randle, is the last livi...Show More
9) Black History Month - Artemis II Mission
As NASA targets a launch before the end of April for the Artemis II mission—the first manned return to the Moon in over 50 years—Pilot Victor Glover is poised to make history. Glover will become the f...Show More
10) Black History Month - First Black Woman Governor
Keisha Lance Bottoms is looking to make history, but she’s no stranger to it. When she took office as Atlanta’s mayor in 2018, she became the first person of any race to serve in all three branches of...Show More