Black history

The mix of a low-vaccination season with the worst flu season in years. Then, how Michigan ignored and subverted federal law. Plus, the case of missing chicken wings.

Today, a conversation with a history professor on the history of Black quarterbacks. Then, we explore how residents in Dearborn are responding to President Donald Trump’s comments regarding Gaza. Plus, a Grand Rapids author discusses romantic-comedy stories featuring queer characters.

Louis Moore discusses his book “The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback," which looks at Black QBs in NFL history.

In today's episode, we discuss the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term, engage in a conversation about squeaky sand, and offer advice for our listeners. Lastly, we explore a docuseries that tells the history of Black Americans traveling north in the early 20th century.

Today, how bird flu is decimating flocks and egg production. Then, education developments to keep an eye out for this year. Later, how Black Detroiters were the forerunners of the modern lottery system.

In today’s book-centric episode, an artistic opera director’s opinion on how to keep opera alive. Additionally, a Michigan native is publishing a book about Black thinkers and their manifestation of Black utopias amid deprivation and repression. Then, an Ann Arbor novelist discusses her second novel.

Today, a survey of the recent presidential nominee visits targeting Black voters in Detroit. Then, true tales from a storied cemetery you can visit this spooky season. Plus, how Michiganders are considering cannabis policy as a factor in their presidential vote.

On this episode of What The Vote? reporter Aaron Bush looks at the historical and societal forces that bring Black students together in collegiate settings, and how those forces could be a motivating factor this election.

The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will use the $75,000 grant to help pin down locations that were noted in what was known as the Negro Motorist Green Book. That book helped African American travelers find safe, friendly places to eat, sleep, or get other services throughout the country from the 1930s-60s.

The longstanding conventional wisdom is that what we call "hillbilly music" originated in Western Europe. But the truth, as many scholars and musicians have been preaching for years now, is that country music is intimately tied into the experience of African Americans. We talked to a music scholar about the often overlooked influence of Black musicians on the country genre.