WATERLOO - Here is KBBG radio's (88.1 FM) schedule of programming for Black History Month. The Courier will print the schedule one week at a time.

"The Bondswoman Narrative": An unexpected historical and literary event, this tale written in the 1950s is the only known novel by a female African-American slave and quite possibly the first novel written by a black woman anywhere. It is the tale of "passing (for white)" and the adventures of a young slave as she makes her way to freedom. Read by Anna Deavere Smith.

"Cane River": This is a story never told, an epic novel of four generations of African-American women, a work based on the author's past. The author is Lalita Tademy. It is on a medium-sized Creole plantation, owned by a family named Derbanne that the stories of four astonishing women who battled vast injustices to create a legacy of hope and achievement come to life. Narrated by Shari Belafonte, Joe Marie Payton and Edwina Moore.

"The Blues: The Radio Series": Each program breathes life into blues history and culture with new and archival interviews from prominent artists, historians, record producers and historic and modern-day blues recordings. Hosted by Keb' Mo'.

"Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home": The legacy of the Colonial African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan, and what it means to the rest of the country. The 13-part series covers not just the enslaved, but also the free Africans who were traders, trappers and interpreters just like their European counterparts in the first decades of the 17th Century.

"Like It is - Jimmie Porter": Bob Franklin interviews Jimmie Porter, founder of KBBG-FM 88.1, the largest African-American owned and operated public radio station in Iowa.

"Maybe I'll Pitch Forever": Satchel Paige was 42 in 1948 when he became the first black pitcher in the American League. Although the oldest rookie around, he was already a legend. For 22 years, beginning in 1926, Paige dazzled throngs with his performance in the Negro Baseball Leagues. This is his story as told to David Lipman.

"A Long Walk to Freedom": Autobiography of Nelson Mandela read by Danny Glover with a foreward by Kofi Annan, secretary-general of the United Nations.

Monday

11 a.m., The Bondswoman Narrative, Part 12

1 p.m., The Blues, Part 12

3 p.m. A Long Walk to Freedom, Part 1

5 p.m., Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home, Part 12

Tuesday

11 a.m., Maybe I'll Pitch Forever, Part 1

1 p.m., The Blues, Part 13

3 p.m., A Long Walk to Freedom, Part 2

5 p.m., Then I'll Be Free to Travel Home, Part 12

Wednesday

11 a.m., Maybe I'll Pitch Forever, Part 2

1 p.m., Cane River, Part 1

3 p.m., A Long Walk To Freedom, Part 3

5 p.m., Like It Is - Jimmie Porter

Thursday

11 a.m., Maybe I'll Pitch Forever, Part 3

1 p.m., Cane River, Part 2

3 p.m., A Long Walk to Freedom, Part 4

5 p.m., A Long Walk to Freedom, Part 5

Friday

11 a.m., Maybe I'll Pitch Forever, Part 5

1 p.m., Cane River, Part 4

3 p.m., Every Voice & Sing, Part 3

5 p.m., Like It Is - Jimmie Porter