Now streamingZora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Meet the influential author and key figure of the Harlem Renaissance. Also a trained anthropologist, Hurston collected folklore throughout the South and Caribbean — reclaiming, honoring and celebrating Black life on its own terms.
FilmThe American Diplomat
Explore the lives and legacies of three African American ambassadors who broke racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations and left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.
Jesse Owens
His stunning triumph at the 1936 Olympic Games captivated the world even as it infuriated the Nazis.
Freedom Riders
The powerful, harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever.
The Murder of Emmett Till
In August 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy named Emmett Till was murdered by two white men. His death helped mobilize the civil rights movement.
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.
Voice of Freedom
Explore the life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
Goin' Back To T-Town
Revisit a thriving Black community in Tulsa, which rebuilt after a 1921 racially-motivated massacre.
The Fight
On June 22, 1938, 70,000 fans crammed into Yankee Stadium to watch what some have called "the most important sporting event in history" — the rematch between African American heavyweight Joe Louis and his German opponent Max Schmeling.
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