Audio Vignettes
Audio vignettes produced by Houston Public Media, honoring Black History Month.
TV 8 Programming
Houston Public Media is proud offer a variety of engaging stories, films, and voices centered around Black history and culture.
- Tuesday, January 31
8pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 1
- Friday, February 3
8:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 1 9:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 2 10:30pmIda B. Wells: American Stories 11:30pmHarriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom
- Monday, February 6
8pmAntiques Roadshow: Celebrating Black Americana
- Tuesday, February 7
10pmIndependent Lens: Outta the Muck
- Wednesday, February 8
8pmNOVA: Star Chasers of Senegal 9pmSecrets of the Dead: The Woman in the Iron Coffin
- Friday, February 10
8:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 3 9:30pmMaking Black America: Through the Grapevine – Part 4
- Tuesday, February 14
8pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 2
- Friday, February 17
10:30pmAmerican Masters: Ailey
- Tuesday, February 21
7pmFinding Your Roots: And Still I Rise 8pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 3 9pmFight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World – Part 4
- Friday, February 24
8:30pmGreat Performances: The Magic of Spirituals
- Tuesday, February 28
7pmBlack Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future
Please see our TV 8 Programming Guide for additional airings of selected programs
News 88.7 Programming
Special programming celebrating Black History Month on News 88.7, your NPR station.
Paul Ingles Music Archives Showcase (Airs Saturdays at 7pm)
Radio documentarian Paul Ingles takes a look at the lives, careers, and legacies of influential black musicians.
- Saturday, February 4 | Four Pillars of Rock n Roll: Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, & Bo Diddley
- Saturday, February 11 | Four Pillars of Soul: Otis Redding, Mavis Staples, James Brown, & Aretha Franklin
- Saturday, February 18 | Marvin Gaye: Writers’ Favorites
- Saturday, February 25 | Cruisin’ with Smokey Robinson
Radio IQ series “Memory Wars” (Airs Sundays at 8pm)
Memory Wars is a 5-part podcast series about how Germany has confronted its horrific past and whether America could ever do the same. RADIO IQ reporter Mallory Noe-Payne has spent years covering policy and politics in Richmond, Virginia — the former capital of the Confederacy. Then she went to Germany.
- Sunday, February 5 | The Two Reconstructions
- Sunday, February 12 | Haley’s Story
- Sunday, February 19 | Charlotte’s Story
- Sunday, February 26 | Mallory’s Story
- Sunday, March 5 | Volker’s Story
Sunday 9pm Documentary Hours
- Sunday, February 5 | Humankind — The Lost Cause: The Civil War, Then & Now
- Sunday, February 12 | Black Radio Telling It Like It Was: In the Beginning
- Sunday, February 19 | Black Radio Telling It Like It Was: Jack Cooper & Al Benson
- Sunday, February 26 | Peace Talks Radio: MLK Three Landmark Speeches