This hour-long edition of Witness History from the BBC World Service brings together some incredible interviews looking at the African-American experience. Told by people who were there, we hear stories that are fascinating, harrowing, and inspiring.
Topics include: The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, American new pioneer Dorothy Butler Gilliam, Nelson Mandela in Detroit, NASA's pioneering black women, The "Godfather of Gospel Music" and what the Confederate flag represents in America's battle over race.
