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Press Release: January 26, 2005
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26 January 2005
JAZZ 88.3/WBGO-FM USES “THEN I’LL BE FREE TO TRAVEL HOME” TO ANCHOR ITS FEBRUARY 2005 BLACK HISTORY PROGRAMMING. Audience reaction to the original 13-consecutive weeks of the landmark radio documentary series “Then I’ll Be Free To Travel Home” in early 2004 was so positive, Newark’s Jazz 88.3 WBGO-FM has now rescheduled the series for 13 straight days beginning February 11th at 8pm. Produced by EVT Educational Productions,Inc., the series will anchor WBGO’s Black History Month programming. Said series Executive Producer Eric V. Tait, Jr., “We couldn’t be more pleased. WBGO has been a major supporter and collaborator on this series since its inception, but the final product has to speak for itself. It was audience response to the power and impact of these programs that made this decision possible. With this condensed programming schedule, the impact and response should be even more powerful.” “Then I’ll Be Free To Travel Home – the Legacy of the New York African Burial Ground” – chronicles factual stories about ordinary citizens and larger than life people of all backgrounds who made this nation what it is today. More specifically, it uses the discovery and legacy of the New York African Burial Ground to tellingly capture the significant impact and contributions African-Americans have made to the social, economic, and political development of the United States in their almost 400-year battle against slavery and for full, first-class citizenship. It’s a battle that involves all people and all races. From the first Black-Spaniard’s arrival in the early 1600s, even before New Amsterdam existed, to the founding of the African Burial Ground, through the Revolutionary War and up to the New York Draft Riots of 1863, the series chronicles the life and times of those first Africans, their descendants, and others who followed. There is a concluding “modern coda”: the Battle to Save the New York African Burial Ground. Edited at Integrated Automata Studios in Montclair, NJ, “Then I’ll Be Free To Travel Home” is being distributed by Public Radio International (PRI)®. WBGO Program Director Thurston Briscoe is the series Host and Narrator, and Jacquie Gales Webb is Chief Editor and Consulting Producer. The primary Musical Arranger-Composer/Performer is Daryl M.Waters, with musical solo performances by Noel Pointer, Ebony Jo Ann, Diana Solomon-Glover and Andre Solomon-Glover. Funding for the Series was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Ford Foundation. For more information about this landmark series, contact: Creative PR: (888-233-5650; info@creativepublicity.com), or PRI’s InfoSite: www.pri.org/infosite, or visit the EVT Educational Productions web site at www.evted.org. VHS Home Videos can be obtained by emailing us at EVT Educational Productions, or calling us at 212.281.2456 (ph/fax). The Custom 14-CD Set of the expanded Radio Documentary Series (13-Episodes and a Music/Soundtrack CD) is also available by emailing us at EVT Educational Productions, or calling us at 212.281.2456 (ph/fax). The complete Episode One, promos, and related background material are also available for listening/downloading. Read the January 23, 2004 Press Release. Read the February 12, 2004 Press Release. Read the March 31, 2004 Press Release. Read the May 18, 2004 Press Release. Read the July 31, 2004 Press Release. Read the December 7, 2004 Press Release. Copyright © 1999-2006 by EVT Educational Productions |
