#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

Amazing tribute to #HankAaron at the All Star Game in #Atlanta. It focused on my all-time favorite #baseball moment, when he surpassed Babe Ruth's career #homerun record. Henry Aaron, or Hammerin' Hank, finished the 1973 season one short of the record, got many race-based death threats in the off-season, and hit magic number 715 in 1974. He was briefly in the Negro American League, played 23 seasons in the majors, and passed away in 2021.

#mlb #sports #icon

https://www.mlb.com/news/all-star-tribute-to-hank-aaron-s-715th-home-run

Meanwhile, not a good look for #MLB. They edited the statement below out of Vin Scully's original call when #HankAaron broke the HR record.

Craig Calcaterra: "...when you omit 'A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol' from Scully's call you completely alter what he was describing as 'marvelous.' Scully was NOT just broadly marveling. He was marveling at a very specific, very important thing." #baseball #ASG #vinscully

4/8/1974 - Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's Home Run Record in Atlanta. #715 off Dodger's pitcher Al Downing breaking the record set by Babe Ruth back in 1935. It was one of the biggest sports stories of the century.

"He did everything well for longer than anyone who ever played this game." ~ Joe Posnanski

#HankAaron #HomeRunRecord

Sometimes I imagine my younger self coming to work with me, looking at everything we’ve created together. I can see him smiling so big, and it fills me with joy.

#CarltonFisk #DonMattingly #RickeyHenderson #DwightGooden #AndreDawson #TonyGwynn #HankAaron #DaveParker #WillieMays #SandyKoufax #HulkHogan #YogiBerra #ReggieJackson #PeteRose #Mets #Yankees #Dodgers #Cubs #Pirates #Braves #BaseballHistory #MLBLegends #Wrasslin #ILoveMyADHD