He was Martin Luther King, Muhammed Ali, Harry Bellafonte, and Malcolm X rolled into one. Paul Robeson was an extraordinary American singer, actor, and civil rights activist. The son of a slave, Robeson was Born in Princeton, New Jersey, and excelled academically. He became a star athlete earning a scholarship to Rutgers University, and a law degree from Columbia University. Robeson became a global sensation, using his recordings, films, and live performances, to fight racism in America and around the world. However, the more popular Robeson became, the more the U.S. government tried to silence him, with harassment, surveillance, congressional investigations, and finally confiscating his passport so he couldn't travel. But in 1957, Robeson used new technology to appear at a rally and concert supporting union coal miners in the U.K., without leaving New York City. We'll learn how Paul Robeson did it, from the BBC World Service program "Witness History", followed by this amazing rally in its entirety.

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The stories of two very deserving, but seldom celebrated heroes.

Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the influential African American historian, author, and journalist, who is the "Father of Black History." His parents had been slaves, but Woodson became one of the first Blacks to earn a Ph.D. from Harvard University. Woodson was a follower of Marcus Garvey, and established Negro History Week in 1926, which later evolved into Black History Month. His work emphasized the importance of African American contributions to history and culture, and he founded the Association for the Study of African American Life and History.

Then, we have the story of Dr. J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. the prominent African American mathematician, nuclear engineer, and civil rights advocate. He earned his first degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago at just 19 years old, and was nicknamed The Negro Genius. Wilkins worked on the Manhattan Project, which produced the atomic bomb. He taught at Tuskegee Institute, and later became President of the American Nuclear Society. Wilkins career spanned 7 decades, and tirelessly worked to get young African Americans into the STEM trades.

The biographies of Woodson and Wilkins are told on the classic radio series, Destination Freedom.

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In episode #55 of Audio Antiques we brought you radio coverage of Charles Lindbergh's 1927 Washington DC celebration after making the first non-stop solo flight from New York to Paris. It made him an international hero. Just 42 years later, the Apollo 11 mission landed two American astronauts landed on the surface of the moon. On July 20th, 1969 Commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon, as command module pilot Michael Collins orbited above. Armstrong and Aldrin spent 21 hours, 36 minutes on the lunar surface, before lifting off to rejoin the command module for the return to Earth with 47.5 pounds of lunar material. The mission had the entire globe mesmerized, as you'll hear in CBS Radio coverage of the event.

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