• Host Maya Angelou poetically and historically covers milestones by African Americans in Nobel Peace Prize, Grammy, Academy Awards, and cultural awards.

"A Lasting Heritage" -- Monday, February 11th @ 9:30am

• Join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for “I'm Runnin' On;” “Peace Like a River;” "Every Time I Feel the Spirit;" "I Want Jesus to Walk with Me;" “Rock-a-My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham;” and “When the Saints Go Marching In.

“Let Freedom Ring: The Music of the Abolitionists”
Monday, February 11th @ 10am

• Classical New England from WGBH offers a companion radio program to the Jan., 2013 PBS series The Abolitionists:  Let Freedom Sing: The Music of the Abolitionists. Let Freedom Sing chronicles the idealistic artists, uncompromising personalities and powerful music of the era, and looks at how these forces combined to turn abolitionism from a scorned fringe movement into a nation-changing force. This one-hour special will be hosted by Noah Adams.

“Jazz Portraits: Louis Armstrong"
Friday, February 15th @ 7pm

• Trumpeter Louis Armstrong charted a future for jazz in highly imaginative, emotionally charged improvisation. Armstrong also became an enduring figure in popular music, due to his distinctive singing and engaging personality, which were on display in a series of popular vocal recordings and film roles. Using biography profiles and archival music, host Paul Hitchcock explores the life and music of Louis Armstrong in this edition of MSPR's "Jazz Portraits."

"Memories of the Movement"
Part 1 -- Monday, February 18th @ 10am
Part 2 -- Monday, February 25th @ 10am

• The years of the Civil Rights Movement are counted among the most volatile, yet vibrant, in American history.  In our Black History month special, Memories of the Movement, The Tavis Smiley Show celebrates the courage, conviction and commitment of the everyday people who made extraordinary contributions to American social progress.  Memories of the Movement features poignant, humorous, unheard or little known stories from a number of well-known civil rights icons.

"Heavenly Sight: Of Vision Lost and Found"
Monday, February 18th @ 11am

• Despite disability, poverty, isolation and prejudice, a surprising number of blind African American musicians who came from the gospel tradition influenced not just gospel music, but blues, bluegrass, and American vernacular music up to and beyond rock and roll. Using narrative, archival audio, interviews, scholarly commentary and music.

** Also for Black History Month: specials from MSPR programs "A Time for Tales," "Grant Alden's Field Notes," "Tony Pence's Country Jukebox," "Nothin' But The Blues," and "Sunday Night Jazz."