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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.

Red Tails is a 2012 war film directed by Anthony Hemingway, from a screenplay by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder. The story, written by Ridley, is inspired by true events. George Lucas serves as the executive producer for the project. It is based on the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American servicemen during World War II. Joining us by phone this evening to share his thoughts on this movie is our official Bring It On! movie critic and show contributor, Eric (Cecil B. Da) Love.

It’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day – A day set apart to honor the work and legacy of a remarkable civil rights advocate -- A self-proclaimed drum major for peace. While this national holiday has been a day numerous events, community service activities and service projects, it has also been a time to reflect upon and measure the amount of progress made in America to correct social injustice and inequality.

Highlights of Bring It On interviews from 2011. This week: authors David L. Williams, Janet Cheatham Bell, Andrew J. Weaver, and Alan Currie.

Beverly Calender-Anderson is director of The Safe and Civil City Program and we have invited her  to update us on a variety of current citywide initiatives of interest for the black community. Namely, the MLK Legacy Award and MLK Building Bridges Award, the City of Bloomington MLK Day Service Grants, the 2012 Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Civic Engagement, and the  2011 Pre Kwanzaa Celebration…just to name a few. And of course, anything else of interest that she would like to share. Hosted by William Hosea and Eric Love

Local financial consultant Jerry Kemp of Kemp & Associates joins us for a much overdue conversation on financial planning, health and life insurance, investments, retirement planning and other wealth related topics.

Omega Psi Phi celebrated its 100th year anniversary yesterday, and is the first African-American national fraternal organization to be founded at a historically black college. Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University in Washington, D.C. We've invited in Edward Hazlerig, Nu Alpha Alpha Bloomington graduate chapter president and Alrick Banks, Keeper of Finance to speak about their organization and community service. As always, Bring It On! features regional and national news relevant to the local African-American community. Hosted by Bev Smith and Clarence Boone.

We have invited Ghangis Carter and Roberta Radovich provide an overview of the upcoming series of programs set for Monday, January 16, 2012-  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration. Also, Sandy Britton, the director of IU’s Leo R. Dowling International Center, provides some information concerning International Education Week and IU World’s Fare 2011. As always, Bring It On! features regional and national news relevant to the local African-American community. Hosted by Bev Smith and David Hummons. 

A major academic conference on gospel music is taking place at Indiana University on Saturday, Nov. 12 called, "Why We Sing: Indianapolis Gospel Music in Church, Community and Industry" from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center. Tonight, conference organizers Dr. Mellonee Burnim, director of IU's Ethnomusicology Institute, Raynetta Wiggins, a doctoral student in folklore and ethnomusicology and Tyron Cooper, also a doctoral student in the department and former director of the IU Soul Revue will speak about the event. As always, Bring It On! features regional and national news relevant to the local African-American community. Hosted by Bev Smith and Clarence Boone. 

For Halloween, we are taking you back to October 31, 2005, the first year of Bring It On, when the co-host were Jim Sims and Delia Alexander interviewed the mysterious character Mama Gitcha Goomee.  As always, Bring It On! features regional and national news relevant to the local African-American community. Hosted by Bev Smith and William Whosea.