Destination Freedom: Black Radio Days celebrates the life of athlete Jesse Owens

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Black History Month wouldn't be complete without an installment of donnie l. betts's Black Radio Days, the live radio show that picks up where the first nationwide African-American radio drama, produced in Chicago by Richard Durham more than sixty years ago, left off. That boundary-breaking program, Destination Freedom, dramatized the lives of great figures in African-American history; betts now continues in its spirit with all-new scripts.

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