Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Zora Neale Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.
Songwriter Les McCann described seeing Roberta Flack perform with all of that "getting-togetherness," referencing the soulful and central quality of Black music.
Created during World War II, the Women's Army Corps (WAC) was the women's branch of the United States Army. This segment of Iowa Public Television's Iowa’s WWII Stories includes historical footage and an interview with a WAC veteran.