Positively Black

This week on Positively Black, we feature Bisa Butler, creator of “The Warmth of Other Sons.” Her artwork is inspired by the Great Migration, threading pieces of Black history into beautiful technicolor quilts.

In Westchester County, there’s a health center that’s become a one-stop shop for a community in need, providing medical care, transportation, and healthy food. This week on Positively Black, News 4’s Marc Santia takes a visit to Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center.

This week on Positively Black, Chef Adrienne Cheatham is determined to change hearts and minds with every dish.

This week on Positively Black, we feature Jerry Barrow’s podcast, “Fathers Who Bother,” which was created to help shift public perception of Black dads.

This week on Positively Black, Gilma Avalos speaks with Jasmine Tucker, the Director of Research at the National Women’s Law Center, to discuss the wage gap between Black women and white men.

This week on Positively Black, we feature Blapp, an app that is a guide to Black-owned businesses and restaurants in the US!

This week on Positively Black, cartoonists Victor Varnado and Akeem Roberts talk about their book, “The Anti-Racism Coloring Book,” and how they want to encourage conversations about racism.

Amid America’s racial reckoning, some of the loudest calls for change have been in the advertising world. Last year, NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reported on the demands and the promises and now, in Positively Black, she explores where we are now with one top executive who’s challenging some of the biggest names in the business.

This week on “Positively Black”: a pioneering composer who’s touching every part of the music world from the club to the stage, and to Hollywood.

To mark the first Juneteenth celebrated as a federal holiday, News 4’s Checkey Beckford looks back into New York’s past with slavery.

Tracie Strahan speaks with author and filmmaker Deborah Riley Draper about her book, “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.”

Tracie Strahan speaks with Marvina Robinson about her business, Stuyvesant Champagne.

Tracie Strahan speaks with bassist and composer Christian McBride about his new release, “The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait of Four Icons.”

The future of cleaning your prized fabrics is the focus of a laundromat called Celsious in Brooklyn. Tracie Strahan speaks with the sisters behind the eco-friendly business.

Tracie Strahan speaks with New York City Parks Department Commissioner Mitchell Silver about a new exhibit called “Namesakes: Honoring African Americans in NYC Parks.”

What do Michael Jordan, Maya Angelou and Lil Nax X have in common? They’re all in a new viral Black History Month ad from Google that left many people inspired. Tracie Strahan wanted to find out how they came up with the “most searched” list for some prominent history makers.

Young author Parker Todd, who wrote “The Adventures of the Sickler,” and sickle cell survivor Ginger Davis join Tracie Strahan in the studio.

Celebrity trainer Robert Brace, of Brace Life Studios, shares key physical and mental tips to get you ready for the rest of the year.

Tracie Strahan speaks with entrepreneur Sir Darius Brown about his company “Beaux and Paws,” which helps give shelter pets style and find a forever home.

A Brooklyn-based group called “500 Men Making a Difference” has recruited hundreds of young men for a hands-on service project. Tracie Strahan speaks with founder Wayne Devonish and board member Nigel Franklyn about the group.