PBS lists programming to honor African American History month

February 02, 2011

PBS has listed its programming for February's observance of African American History month.

For example, check out this fascinating documentary about the "slave songs" - the spiritual.  A man organizing possessions from his late mother's estate found a hymnal of spirituals from 1867. It turns out to be the first collection ever compiled. Scholars who are experts on the spiritual discuss this rich history of African American music.