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Barry Freeland, director of the Crispus Attucks Center for Employment and Training, Greg Smith and Jeff Kirkland, who are a part of the Crispus Attucks York programs joined us on The Spark Tuesday to tell us about Crispus Attucks’ life and legacy.

February is Black History Month and, on The Spark, Tuesday we discussed Pennsylvania’s education system, how Pennsylvania educators are honoring Black history, and efforts to make the educator workforce more diverse within the state.

Hip hop artists of the ’90s earned enemies from all sides of the political establishment.

“The hip hop community has, from the start, been doing what the rest of media is only now catching up to.”

Ida B. Wells: American Stories frames Wells’ life and legacy in the context of today’s world, illustrating how today’s activists draw inspiration from her work.

Discover the factors that led to the birth of hip hop and how it has evolved since its first hit in 1982.

Discover music icon Roberta Flack’s rise to stardom and her triumphs over racism and sexism.

To discuss the Voices of the Eighth Chronicles II: Stories from Harrisburg’s Old Eighth Ward and its importance for the community, Sharia Benn, director and playwright for the production, and Latreshia Lilly and Sydney Crutcher, actors within the piece, joined us on The Spark Wednesday.

She interviewed one of the last known survivors of the slave ship Clotilda, collected African folklore, and studied “hoodoo.”