On the last day of February, we celebrated Black History Month with a conversation of personal stories and recollections by our guests. With us was retired Erie school teacher Johnny Johnson, Rev. Dr. Charles Mock, pastor of the Community Missionary Baptist Church, and City of Erie community liaison Michael Outlaw. Then via telephone, Dr. Craig Von Buseck, author of Nobody Knows: The Forgotten Story of One of the Most Influential Figures in American Music, told us the story of Harry T. Burleigh, the Erie native who became one of the true fathers of American music.
