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PART ONE
The City of Bloomington's eighth annual celebration of African-American history and culture will kick off at 6 p.m. Feb. 2 in the City Hall Council Chambers. "Black History Month - Bloomington Style: Black Women in History & Culture". The month-long celebration will be topped off with the seventh annual Black History Month Gala on Feb. 25. We invited Bloomington’s Safe and Civil City director, Ms. Beverly Calender-Anderson to join us and provide an overview of the exciting and informative activities being presented to our community by the City of Bloomington.

PART TWO
We play an excerpt of a 1952 recording featuring soprano Camilla Williams. Williams, Professor Emeritus of the The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, died in Bloomington, Sunday, January 29 2012. Camilla Williams made her legendary debut in 1946 with the New York City Opera in the title role of Madama Butterfly, becoming the first female African American singer to appear with a major opera.
Also, we give you the real scoop on what’s going on in the African American world of news and events.
Hosted by Bev Smith and William Hosea