Connecticut Public Radio will present special holiday programming on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Please join us as we celebrate the life of Dr. King!
Monday, Jan. 20, 2020
9 a.m. - 10 a.m.
King Stories: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
King Stories is a one hour documentary of captivating stories told by close friends and associates of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Host Julian Bond, along with insiders—Ralph Abernathy, David Garrow, Dick Gregory, Mark Lane and Larry Williams—share rarely documented stories about the personal and private sides of Martin Luther King, Jr.
1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Ida B. Wells' Battle to Uncover the Truth
Born to enslaved parents on a Mississippi plantation during the Civil War, Ida B. Wells emerged as a powerful investigative journalist. She overcame death threats and published widely in her quest to document the domestic terrorism against African Americans that came to be known as lynching. Ida Wells published the first major study of that crime. A close associate of Frederick Douglass, she helped to found the NAACP and advocated the right to vote for women and black Americans. Her amazing life story is finally gaining recognition, nearly 90 years after her death. Among those heard: New York Times correspondent Nikole Hannah-Jones, who led the "1619 Project" on the history of enslaved peoples in America; Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, which in 2018 established the first national memorial to victims of lynching; Smith College professor Paula Giddings, principal biographer of Ida B. Wells; David Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom" and Yale historian. The program also includes readings from Ida B. Wells and Frederick Douglass.
