Black History Month

Nova Southeastern University was scheduled to host a screening of the locally-produced documentary "The Poison Garden", which delves in racial injustice in South Florida. But the event was canceled after NSU staff raised concerns the film could be too politically provocative.

As part of WUSF’s ongoing series asking for your stories about Black history, we hear from ancestral funk artist Siobhan Monique.

Said Gail Dudley, a retired osteopathic doctor in Hillsborough County: "We have a history of discrimination, which we can change, but not if we sugarcoat it and cover it up."

Olympia Baylou had a successful career in finance for many years before she switched to teaching middle school full time.

"We can't learn from the past if we don't even acknowledge that it existed."

We also feature WUSF audio postcards highlighting Black history this month.

As part of our series featuring your voices on Black History Month, professor Cheryl Rodriguez says students are hungry for this knowledge.

On Black History Month, listeners share their stories about discovering their connections to the past. We hear from a white woman who recently discovered that she has Black ancestry.

Erica and her daughter, Khrystian, are involved with a group called The Billionaire Babies, which teaches children about money, entrepreneurship and creating generational wealth.

As part of our ongoing series asking for your stories about Black history, we hear from an educator who recalls hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s final Sunday sermon before he was killed.

They include exhibits, discussions and festivals across the region.

Dr. Washington Hill is speaking on the issue this week at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's 43rd annual pregnancy meeting in San Francisco.