In honor of Black History Month, channel PBS (Wichita KPTS) has a great line-up of shows on historical people and events. Here is a list of some of the remaining showings
Friday, Feb. 12 @ 8PM
The Life of Riley – B.B King
B.B. King, born Riley B. King, was one of the most influential and celebrated blues musicians of all time. From his roots as a sharecropper’s son, working in the cotton fields of Mississippi, he rose to become a living legend — the most renowned blues singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer of the past 40 years — earning the moniker ‘King of the Blues’. B.B. King: The Life of Riley explores King’s challenging life and career through candid interviews with the man himself, his family, longtime friends, and fellow music contemporaries such as Bono, George Benson, Eric Clapton, Aaron Neville, John Mayer, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Ringo Starr, Johnny Winter, and more.
Tuesday, Feb. 16 @ 8PM
The Black Panthers
Revisit the turbulent 1960s, when a revolutionary culture emerged with the Black Panther Party as its vanguard. Stanley Nelson tells the vibrant story of a pivotal movement that feels timely all over again.
Friday, Feb. 26 @ 9PM
Fats Domino and the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Discover how Fats Domino’s brand of New Orleans rhythm and blues became rock ’n’ roll. As popular in the 1950s as Elvis Presley, Domino suffered degradations in the pre-civil rights South and aided integration through his influential music.