Black History Month 2018 was one for the books. We saw millions of fans celebrate #JanetJacksonAppreciationDay on Superbowl Sunday, Sade announce her first musical release in seven years for the Ava Duvernay-directed A Wrinkle In Time, the Obama presidential portraits unveiled, and The Golden State Warriors opt out of the traditional White House visit to instead take a group of students to the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture. We even saw a Black Lives Matter flag raised over a high school in Vermont, and of course Black Panther burn up the box office, smashing records along the way. We spent the month honoring the past, present, and future of Blackness in Brooklyn. We got a lesson on jazz great Betty Carter’s legacy from some of her contemporaries and closest friends. We joined a book club that celebrates black literature and womanhood. And we followed a group of students from Brooklyn all the way to Wakanda. #BlackHistory, #BlackFuture, #BlackExcellence. Say it loud in Brooklyn, USA. ••• Brooklyn, USA is produced by Sachar Mathias and Emily Boghossian. Thanks to Gail Boyd, Ora Harris, Carmen Lundy, Marc Cary, Charenee Wade, Shannon Effinger and Kuye Youngblood for telling Betty Carter’s story, and to Keisha "TK" Dutes and the Bondfire Radio family for mixing the piece. For more information on Betty Carter and Jazz Ahead, visit www.kennedycenter.org Thanks to Primos Cobb and the 7th graders at Exceed Charter School for letting us tag along, and to Frederick T. Joseph for starting the #BlackPantherChallenge. That story was produced by Emily Boghossian and Khyriel Palmer. Thanks to Glory Edim and all of the Well Read Black Girls who took time out of the festival to share their experiences with us. For more information on the book club visit www.wellreadblackgirl.com, and make sure to pick up the upcoming anthology, "Well Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves" when it comes out this fall. This episode featured music from the de Wolfe music library. If you like what you hear, think we got something wrong or just want to get in touch, you can leave us a comment, tweet us at BRIC RADIO or leave a message at (347) 504-0801. For more information on this and all BRIC Radio podcasts, visit ww.bricartsmedia.org/radio. Read the transcript: https://rb.gy/jsm2te