Here To Stay: KPFA's Annual Black History Month Special

Special Broadcast

HIP-HOP: FROM CONSCIOUS TO CORPORATE

D-Minor and Thomas Jay, hosts of Let’s Talk Music, discuss hip hop’s Black consciousness and Afrocentrism before its corporate takeover. Both D-Minor and Thomas Jay are Bay Area natives, with a love of all things music that manifests in their individual and collective work as DJs, Producers and Hosts. Catch them on Sunday nights at … Continued


Here To Stay: KPFA's Annual Black History Month Special

Special Broadcast

ISABEL WILKERSON AND THE GREAT MIGRATION

From the Pacifica Radio Archives, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Isabel Wilkerson, shares stories about her research and experiences while writing her New York Times bestselling book, The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration – which documents the lives of three Black Americans (representing the six million) who moved from the … Continued


Here To Stay: KPFA's Annual Black History Month Special

Special Broadcast

The Gospel Experience

The Gospel Experience

In this special Black History presentation, Miz April features a segment highlighting Jester Hairston, a beloved choral director, actor and ambassador who was a leading expert in Negro Spirituals and choral music. His arrangements were sung by colleges and churches worldwide, and his film credits began in 1936 with Greener Pastures, and ended shortly before … Continued


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