This episode of Destination Freedom focuses on Wilbur Evans and the 332nd Fighter Group. Original Air Date: August 13, 1950 Click here to add to Itunes.
Archive for the ‘Black History Month’ category
Episode 101: Last Letter Home
Episode 098: Lets Go Night Clubbing
A band remote from the Hotel Zanzibar that aired over WEAF featuring Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots. Original Air Date: February 28, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 097: Jubilee (#065)
Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, and Burns and Allen appear on Jubilee. Original Air Date: February 14, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 095: Autobiography of a Hero
The story of Doris Miller, Ship’s mess attendant and Pearl Harbor hero. From Destination Freedom. Original Air Date: December 5, 1948 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 090: Jubilee (#048)
Erskine Hawkins and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson appear. Original Air Date: October 25, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 089: The Story of Negro Nurses
The story of one nurse’s struggle against prejudice to get into the Army Nurse Corps. Original Air Date: April 22, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 084: Jubilee (#037)
Jubilee featuring the Delta Rythym Boys and Lucky Millander. Original Air Date: August 9, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 083: Jubilee (#024)
Host: Louie Armstrong with Ernie Whitman. Original Air Date: May 24, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode082: You Were Wonderful
A singer (Lena Horne) is caught in a web of intrigue in Rio. From Suspense/ Original Air Date: November 9, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 081: Report from the Front
The story of Black American soldiers on the front during World War 2. Original Air Date: April 29, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 080: Parachutes for Democracy
Skippy Smith fights against racial prejudice to open an integrated parachute plant in San Diego. Original Air Date: November 26, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 078: The Negro-Fascism and Democracy
A look at the thoughts of Black Americans on World War 2. Original Air Date: March 12, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 077: Jubilee (#002)
Second episode of Jubilee features Lena Horne, Sergeant Joe Louis, and the Golden State Quartet. Original Air Date: October 27, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 076: Jubilee (#001)
The first episode of Jubilee featuring Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Mantan Moreland, Duke Ellington, and Ethel Waters. Original Air Date: October 27, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.