Black History Month: African American political oratory

Documentarians Stephen Smith and Kate Ellis present and discuss short speeches by Mary McLeod Bethune, Dick Gregory, Malcolm X, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lorraine Hansberry.

Guests

• Stephen Smith: Executive editor and host, American RadioWorks: American Public Media's national documentary unit. Smith and ARW have been awarded the duPont-Columbia University Gold and Silver Batons, regarded as the Pulitzer Prize of broadcasting. Smith is the co-editor of three books, Say it Plain, A Century of Great African American Speeches, Say it Loud, Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity, and After the Fall, New Yorkers Remember September 2001 and the Years That Followed.
• Catherine Ellis: Consulting producer, American RadioWorks, the national documentary unit of American Public Media. Co-author of "Say it Plain: A Century of Great African-American Speeches" and "Say it Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity."

Resources

• more about "Say it Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches"
• Say it Plain, Say it Loud
• complete list of American RadioWorks documentaries
• American RadioWorks website