Listen to some of WMNF’s Black History Month

Share

WMNF is in the unique position of being able to drop some history into our airwaves. Thanks to our programmers, volunteers, and specifically Ira Hankin, our PSA & Promo Producer, we have some tasty sound for you about Black History Month, some notable individuals and memories, and a few pieces from Tampa Poet Laureate, James Tokely Sr.

Doc from the Friday night Soul Party gives a brief history of Black History Month

Lavette tells us about Dr. James McCune Smith

and Sam briefs us on his hero, Eugene Bullard, who seemed to have an amazing life

Wally B of Sunday’s Poetry Is tells us about local pioneer Blanche Armwood

Music is so vital to who we are as a station, and who we are as a society.

Here, Harrison Nash, of Monday night’s 360 Degrees of the Blues, tells us of some musicians who came from Tampa (besides the great Ray Charles), the Adderley Brothers.

And Ronny Elliott, co-conspirator on the Rhythm Revival, tells you about two of his icons:
Chuck Berry

and Ellas Otha Bates (aka Bo Diddley)

Not everything about Black History Month is looking to the past. Here, James Tokely Sr. gives us three meditations on life and poetry.  This is The Word or the Drum

War of the Gods

and about poetry…

Thanks for scooping through these, and we hope that you will seek out more history – The Dr. Carter G. Woodson Museum in St. Pete has a ton of programs year round. You can also find out more information from the Florida African American Preservation Network. 360

Leave a Reply

  • (will not be published)

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

You may also like

Correspondence Through Poetry. A Mind-Numbing Week.

Father Verses Sons: A Correspondence in Poems by Herbert Gold...

The sound of change: Music’s influence on anti-war and human rights movements

Throughout history, music has served as a powerful catalyst for...

Little boy running with American flag at sunset
Top 5 free weekend activities

6th of July Family Backyard BBQ Mulligan’s Irish Pub 23253...

MLK statue
Panel moves forward on a Black history museum in northeast Florida

A report outlines how to build, market, operate and eventually...

Ways to listen

WMNF is listener-supported. That means we don't advertise like a commercial station, and we're not part of a university.

Ways to support

WMNF volunteers have fun providing a variety of needed services to keep your community radio station alive and kickin'.

Follow us on Instagram

It's The Music Thursday
Player position: