WFHB FireHouse Broadcasting

February is Black History Month, and local celebrations include a series of events sponsored by the city called “Black History Month Bloomington Style”. This year’s theme is perfectly suited for radio: “Conversations”. A panel of local African-American commentators engage with an active audience on an examination of black imagery in popular media, the achievement gap in black education, and paths to a more equitable future. Our panelists are Ghangis Carter, director of recruitment and retention at the Indiana University School of Education; Monroe County circuit court judge Valeri Haughton; Gene DeVane, retired from Cook Incorporated; and Reverend Anne Henning Byfield, presiding elder 4th Episcopal district AME Church. Recorded on-location at City Hall in Bloomington Indiana on February 4, 2010 and hosted by Kevin Jones, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington, and Shameka Neely, senior reporter and producer at public television WTIU.