Why Race Matters

Why Race Matters elevates issues of importance affecting Wisconsin’s Black communities.

Why Race Matters elevates issues of importance affecting Wisconsin’s Black communities. Producer and host, Angela Fitzgerald, connects in conversation with everyday people whose work centers on race, identity and achieving racial equity in the state. We explore topics simultaneously historic and urgent while offering hope, guidance, and resources to thrive.

Why Race Matters is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin.

Funding for Why Race Matters is provided by CUNA Mutual Group, Park Bank, Alliant Energy, UW Health, the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, the Focus Fund for Wisconsin Programming, and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.