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Jackie Robinson’s accomplishments
extend far beyond baseball, and there is no
one better to tell his story than Ken Burns.
Jackie Robinson, a two-part, four-hour
documentary, chronicles the life and times
of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, the man who
waged a lifelong battle for equality and
changed the course of history when he
crossed baseball’s color line.
The youngest of five children, he was
born in 1919 in rural Georgia and raised
in Pasadena, California. After graduating
from Pasadena Junior College, Robinson
attended UCLA, where he became the
university’s first athlete to win varsity letters
in four sports: baseball, basketball, football
and track.
His upbringing shaped his intolerance
for any form of discrimination. In 1944,
while serving as second lieutenant in the
Army, Robinson was arrested and courtmartialed for defying an order from a
civilian bus driver to move to the back of a
military bus. Robinson was found not guilty,
but the incident weighed heavily on him.
In the spring of 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers
General Manager Branch Rickey signed
Robinson to a major league contract. To
help ensure the
success of the endeavor,
Robinson agreed to ignore the
threats and abuse he would face. On
April 15, in Ebbets Field, Robinson broke
Major League Baseball’s color barrier when
he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
“The right of every
American to first-class
citizenship is the most
important issue of our time.”
— Jackie Robinson
“Jackie Robinson is the most important figure in our nation’s most important
game,” said Burns. “He gave us our first
lasting progress in civil rights since the
Civil War.”
In 1949, Robinson began to speak out,
and despite his accomplishments on the
field, he drew criticism from the league and
even black fans. After baseball, Robinson
continued to use his immense fame to
elevate the Civil Rights Movement —
voicing his views through a widely read
newspaper column, raising money and
campaigning for candidates who would
work to improve the lives of African
Americans.
The film is also an intimate portrait of a
loving husband to his wife, Rachel, and a
devoted father. “We were incredibly lucky
to have Rachel Robinson sit for three
extraordinary on-camera interviews and
open her personal archive of photographs,”
said co-director Sarah Burns. “Her recollections open up a window into Jackie’s
private life that is rarely seen.”
In addition to first-person accounts from
Rachel and children Sharon and David, the
program features interviews with President
Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle
Obama, Don Newcombe, Harry Belafonte,
Tom Brokaw, Carly Simon and others.
The story of Jackie Robinson’s remarkable life is as relevant today as it was when
he was alive. It is a film that you will not
want to miss.
Airs Monday, April 11 and Tuesday,
April 12 at 9 p.m.
Photo courtesy of Rachel Robinson.
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SEASON 2
Grantchester
Young vicar Sidney Chambers, played
by James Norton, is as handsome as
ever. Detective Inspector Geordie Keating
(Robson Green), the local law enforcement officer, is often grumpy and always
methodical. Together they have been so
successful in solving crimes that they
have been called back for a six-episode,
second season of Grantchester.
It’s 1954, and Sidney Chambers is
trying to lead a quiet, peaceful life. Now
that Amanda is married, he’ll have to
search elsewhere to find a wife. But
neither of these things is going to be
easy. When Chambers finds himself
wrongly accused of a crime, his unmasking of the real culprit will send shock
waves through the entire village.
Keating joins Chambers as he journeys
into the dark world of murder, as does
the well-meaning curate Leonard Finch
(Al Weaver) and his disapproving housekeeper Mrs. Maguire (Tessa Peake-Jones).
As the story unfolds, Chambers and
Keating find their unlikely friendship
tested to the limit. Will allegiance to the
institutions they work for ultimately be
their undoing?
Season 2 begins Sunday, April 3 at
9 p.m.
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Dear ETV Endowment Member,
Winter’s end… spring training… opening
day… and baseball fans’ pulses quicken
each March as their favorite teams take to the
diamond. Adding to the anticipation this spring
is Ken Burns’ newest documentary on ETV,
exploring the extraordinary life and accomplishments of baseball great Jackie Robinson.
Most of us know Jackie Robinson as the
man who, in 1947, crossed baseball’s color
line. But how many of us know the deeper
story of his far-reaching impact as a civil rights
pioneer, both before and long after his time on
the field? The talented storyteller Ken Burns
will lay it all out.
And for our listeners, SC Public Radio
continues to add context and perspective to
the news of the day, every day of the year, with
award-winning productions by NPR and PRI,
rounded out with local information from our
own talented news team.
Spring is a time when
we ask you to show
your support during our
on-air drives. It’s your
membership support
that allows ETV to dig
deeper to bring you
extraordinary programs.
Your renewed or extra
show of support during this time will help us to
keep hitting home runs! We’re very grateful for
everything you do for ETV and
SC Public Radio.
Play ball!
Coby C. Hennecy, CPA, CFRE
Executive Director
ETV Endowment of South Carolina
A three-part series…
Join host Geoffrey Baer, writer and TV personality, as
he explores the 10 homes, parks and towns that transformed how Americans live, work and play.
10 That Changed America starts with 10 dwellings
that influenced residential living from grand homes like
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to the pueblos of Taos,
New Mexico, and the tenements of 19th-century New
York. You’ll discover more about how our relationships
with nature, technology and each other evolved.
The second episode focuses on city parks, such as
the elegant squares of Savannah and the High Line in
New York, that offer residents a brief respite from the
fast pace of urban life.
The final program travels to 10 towns, including
Levittown and St. Augustine, which did not evolve organically, but were designed deliberately with the underlying
belief in the power of our built environment to affect our
lives in numerous ways.
You’ll hear historians, architects and planners who
share their thoughts about the structures that continue
to influence how we view ourselves and our neighbors.
Airs Tuesday, April 5 at 8 p.m.
Change is
our favorite actresses,
coming to
including Helen George
Poplar...
who stars as Trixie Franklin
and Charlotte Ritchie who plays Barbara Gilbert,
CALL THE MIDWIFE
don their nurse’s uniforms and nun’s habits as
Call the Midwife begins its fifth season.
When we left Season 4, Trixie
and Sister Mary Cynthia (Bryony
Hannah) were helping a deaf patient
who was afraid her child might also be born deaf and another patient who had been
diagnosed with a serious pregnancy complication, hyperemesis gravidarum, and was
being treated by a revolutionary drug called thalidomide.
It’s now 1961. There have been some improvements in healthcare, sanitation
and housing, yet there’s still much to be done as the midwives face complex and
challenging cases involving an outbreak of typhoid and an increase in lung cancer.
Then something strange occurs, and the midwives are shaken to the core.
Two babies are born, several months apart, with severe deformities. As they
struggle to understand why, they must find ways to deal with the resulting
medical and emotional fallout.
What will happen to Patsy and Delia? Will Trixie be able to deal with her
alcoholism? Season 5 begins on Sunday, April 3 at 8 p.m.
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Harry’s as naughty as ever in...
Nine years have elapsed — it is now
1928, and we find Harry (played by Jeremy
Piven) at the pinnacle of his power and fame
as MASTERPIECE’s Mr. Selfridge, Season 4
begins.
Harry’s gambling and rumors of his
latest fling have tongues wagging at Victor
Colleano’s new nightspot, which is more
decadent than ever.
Rosalie’s daughter, Tatiana, is the apple
of Harry’s eye, but relations with his own
son, Gordon, are strained. Gordon is now
running the department stores outside
London that are owned by Selfridge’s, and
there’s tension between the two.
Harry makes plans to unveil an ornate,
specially commissioned clock, the Queen
of Time, in front of the store. He is delighted
to learn that Lady Mae is back, and he is also
entranced by the stunning stage stars, the
Dolly sisters, Jenny and Rosie, who have set
their sights on Harry.
Why is Mae so upset? What will the Dolly
sisters do to capture Harry’s attention? What
shocking incident happens during the unveiling of the Queen of Time? You’ll find the
answers to all these
questions and more
as the 10-episode
series begins on
Sunday, March 27
at 10 p.m.
John Rogers/ITV Studios
for MASTERPIECE.
STILL A MOUNTAIN GIRL
This is a banner year for
Loretta Lynn. American
Masters will present Loretta Lynn: Still a
Mountain Girl, and her first new album
in more than ten years, Full Circle, will
be released in March.
The two-hour film explores the
country legend’s hard-fought road to
stardom beginning with her Appalachian
roots to the Oscar-winning movie of her
life, Coal Miner’s Daughter.
Born in Kentucky, Lynn was married
at age 15, and by the time she was
20, she had four children and was
living in Custer, Washington. Isolated
from her birth family and burdened with
domestic chores, she turned to music
for solace.
Her husband Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn
bought her a guitar, and she started
writing music about the things she
knew. She stood up for women’s rights,
showed tremendous blue-collar pride
and was unafraid of controversy.
Still a Mountain Girl is an intimate
portrait of a courageous woman and
the songs that made her famous. Her
life is a work in progress — she’s still
going strong after more than 50 years
as a recording artist.
Loretta Lynn: Still a Mountain Girl
airs Friday, March 4 at 9 p.m.
Photo credit: Courtesy of David McClister.
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The ETV Endowment and SC ETV
are proud to partner with PBS to offer our
newest member benefit, ETV Passport.
Featuring both PBS and local ETV programming, ETV Passport allows you to watch
even more episodes of your favorite public
television shows, including Downton Abbey
on MASTERPIECE along with other popular
series including Vicious, EARTH A New Wild,
How We Got to Now, The Great British
Baking Show, Making It Grow and many
more.
To access ETV Passport content, simply
look for videos with
the compass icon
on scetv.org, at PBS.org and within the PBS
video apps for iOS and Android smartphones
and tablets. An extended on-demand library
of national and local programming across a
variety of genres, including drama, history,
mystery, science and arts is just waiting to be
discovered!
ETV Passport is available to Endowment
members beginning at the $75 level. For
more information, contact the Endowment
at [email protected] or
1-877-253-2092.
Behindthe-Scenes
with
Have you ever wondered how Cathy Bradberry
gets her ideas for the SC Public Radio
program, Earth Sense?
According to Bradberry, who serves
as host and producer, “I research
topics about which I would like to
learn more.” She checks websites like
Pinterest to find ideas on how other
people are reusing and repurposing materials.
Started in November 2011, Earth Sense, a one-minute program that airs Monday-Friday,
offers tips on how listeners can go green. Cathy has expanded her topics to include more
home and how-to ideas, such as repurposing furniture, improving the efficiency of an HVAC
system and preparing your home for winter weather.
Cathy says, “The goal of Earth Sense is to get people to think about how they can reduce
their carbon footprints by making small changes in their lives. I want Earth Sense to be a
spring board for ideas that listeners can easily implement to reduce, recycle, reuse and
hopefully save money!”
Elaine Freeman named “Philanthropist of the Year”
Elaine Freeman, founding Executive Director of the ETV Endowment,
was named “Philanthropist of the Year” this past November by the
Association of Fundraising Professionals, Piedmont Chapter. Elaine was
nominated by the ETV Endowment, which noted, “For 31 years, Elaine led
the Endowment — and always by example. Elaine had the vision that ETV,
the network created by the State of South Carolina to deliver educational
content into classrooms, could also deliver programming into homes.”
Elaine has been an annual major donor to the Endowment since its
inception and was responsible for managing its overall fundraising efforts. During her tenure,
she raised $117 million in restricted production support for programs broadcast statewide on
ETV and SC Public Radio and nationally on PBS and NPR. Additionally, she raised $76 million
in unrestricted membership funding for the purchase of programming that is available to every
home, school, vehicle and office in our state and beyond.
Despite her retirement at the end of 2008, Elaine remains an avid advocate for ETV and SC
Public Radio.
We continue to be grateful for Elaine’s steadfast commitment and are confident that this
state is a better place to live, work and visit because of her philanthropic service and contributions to the ETV Endowment and many other organizations. Congratulations, Elaine!
Legacy Society
NEW MEMBER
SPOTLIGHT
“Why I Give”
by Mary Eargle Graham — Manning, SC
I have been a member of the ETV
Endowment for most of my adult life
and take every opportunity to share my
enthusiasm with others. An informed
public builds a stronger society, and all
of humankind needs stimulation and
relaxation made possible through the
arts. While public broadcasting is free to
all, there is nothing free about the cost
to produce, maintain and distribute the
programs every day, 24 hours per day.
Daily, I wake up with SC Public Radio’s
broadcast of Morning Edition. I enjoy getting that fresh source of news early in the
day from “on-the-scene” reporters. I close
my day with the BBC News. It is exciting
to learn what is going on globally and hear
reporters with a British accent discussing
world affairs that impact us all!
While the radio programs have been
my companion over the years, my family
and I have also taken advantage of many
wonderful television programs. My first
introduction to ballet and opera was made
available through SC ETV; my son grew
up with Sesame Street, learning many
important life lessons. I travel around the
world with Rick Steves or make a soufflé
with Julia Child on a Saturday afternoon.
I have chosen to be an ETV Endowment
Legacy Society member to help sustain a
most valuable resource of free information
and wonderful arts programming for future
generations.
The ETV Endowment’s Legacy Society
was established to honor and recognize a
very special group of visionaries who have
chosen to invest in the future of ETV and
South Carolina Public Radio by including
the ETV Endowment in their estate plans.
You, too, can make a significant gift without
impacting your current financial stability.
Please visit the ETV Endowment website
(www.etvendowment.org) or contact
Dawn Deck at 877-253-2092 for helpful
information.