ABC News Honors Black History Month With Dedicated Coverage Across Programs and Platforms

This includes “Good Morning America”, “GMA3: What You Need to Know”, “Tamron Hall”, among others.

ABC News will commemorate Black History Month during February, featuring dedicated coverage across its programs and platforms.

What’s Happening:

  • ABC News will honor Black History Month throughout February with dedicated coverage across all its programs and platforms.
  • The programming will highlight a variety of important stories, profiles, and content.

Good Morning America:

  • Good Morning America will highlight creators using social media to raise awareness about Black history and support Black-owned small businesses recovering from natural disasters with uplifting surprises.
  • A health segment, It’s Time for a Checkup!, will feature three physicians sharing tips for a healthy lifestyle.
  • The program will conclude Black History Month with a celebration of soul line dancing, including a live dance-off honoring its cultural significance.

GMA3: What You Need to Know:

  • GMA3: What You Need to Know kicks off the month by highlighting the importance of a Black actor in the lead role of Captain America: Brave New World, as it counts down to the Marvel series' release.
  • The show will also feature special guests and chefs throughout the month to celebrate the event.

Tamron Hall:

  • Tamron Hall will spotlight supermodel Chanel Iman, Madisin Rian, Giorgio Armani Beauty's first Black representative and designer Nina Parker in its Up-and-Coming Designer series, offering emerging designers mentorship from a surprise fashion icon.
  • Coinciding with Valentine's Day, the show will also feature performances by Jagged Edge and Heather Headley.

ABC News Live:

  • ABC News Live, a 24/7 streaming news network on Disney+, Hulu, and other platforms, will highlight individuals preserving Black history and community contributions, including the founder of The Shade Room.
  • The program will also showcase a collective nurturing future Black educators, explore Liberia's origins linked to the U.S., and cover a family's fight to keep land their ancestors were enslaved on, now threatened by eminent domain.

ABC News Digital:

  • ABC News Digital will release a feature on the legal challenges of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, along with coverage of the rise in community history education.
  • This follows a nationwide effort by organizations, including churches and libraries, to educate themselves on historical topics amid restrictions on classroom discussions about race, gender, and politics.
  • ABC News programs, including World News Tonight with David Muir, Nightline, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, The View, and ABC News Radio, will commemorate Black History Month during the month of February.

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Tricia Kennedy
As a huge Disney fan Tricia enjoys having Walt Disney World basically in her backyard. When she's not at the theme parks she is either playing drums or with her dog Yoda. She is a lifelong Star Wars fan and has ridden Star Tours over 270 times.
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