PBS marks Black History Month

January 30, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

Staff report

KENT

Western Reserve PBS celebrates Black History Month in February with the following programming:

Tuesday: “Gospel Meets Symphony: Celebrating 16 Years!,” 9 p.m.; “Along Water Street at the Akron Art Museum,” 9:30 p.m.; “AfroPop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange,” 10 p.m.

Wednesday: “Gospel Meets Symphony: Let Freedom Ring!,” 10 p.m.

Feb. 6: “An Evening With Smokey Robinson,” 9 p.m.

Feb. 12: “Independent Lens: When I Rise,” 11 p.m.

Feb. 13: “Secrets of the Dead: Slave Ship Mutiny,” 4 p.m.; “Dean Mitchell at the Canton Museum of Art,” 10:30 p.m.

Feb. 15: “Hammer on Steel: Bad Boys and Genius,” 10 p.m.

Feb. 19: “Independent Lens: Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene,” 11 p.m.

Feb. 23: “Simon Schama’s Rough Crossings,” 10 p.m.