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- In the 1930s, three friends witness a murder, are framed for it, and uncover one of the most outrageous plots in American history.
- A drama based on the true story of Melvin B. Tolson, a professor at Wiley College Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school's first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the national championship.
- A not so popular young man wants to pledge to a popular fraternity at his historically black college.
- A frustrated African-American TV writer proposes a blackface minstrel show in protest, but to his chagrin, it becomes a hit.
- A documentary on the history of the sport with major topics including Afro-American players, player/team owner relations and the resilience of the game.
- The story of Jack Johnson, the first African-American Heavyweight boxing champion.
- Profiles the first Oscar-winning African-American performer.
- An inspiring look at Alderman Robin Rue Simmons' fight to redress the wrongs of "redlining" and the legacy of slavery through a groundbreaking reparations program in Evanston, Illinois.
- How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.
- From the barnstorming era through World War II and into the jet age, the worlds of aviation and race relations intersect in these fascinating stories of courage and innovation.
- The history of Canadian discrimination against minorities in the 20th century and the civil rights challenges of it.
- Celebrate Black History with an hour-long special, highlighting the people, places and events, from the past to the present, and from near and far, that have had a significant impact on Black, American and Global Culture. Broadway and film star, Trudy Perkins, hosts "Did You Know? Well You Should!"-- a unique presentation of facts about Black royalty, Black cowboys, Black inventors, Black authors and more. We'll visit The Nigerian Art Show at The Orlando Museum of Art and meet the people of Eatonville-- home of the famous, annual Zora Neale Hurston Festival! Did you know that the first free Black settlement in The New World was founded in the 1700s near St. Augustine? Well you should! And when you watch this artistic documentary, you'll learn all about it! Did You Know? Well You Should!
- A documentary about the history of African American race films during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
- 1985– 55mTV-147.9 (155)TV EpisodeThe actor discusses his life and career, with recollections from friends and colleagues.
- Documentary on the boxing match between American Joe Louis and German Max Schmeling, which captured the world's attention on June 22, 1938.
- Harriet Tubman has never known what it means to be free. Having been born and raised into slavery, she works hard and does as she is told. However, she longs to be free and hopes to escape to the "promise land." After hearing about an "underground railroad" and learning of a Quaker woman up the river who helps slaves "get on," Harriet tells her father she is escaping. He fears for he life and tells her there isn't really an underground railroad, but she is determined to go. Once at the Quaker woman's home, Harriet learns that the Underground Railroad is a route guided by "conductors" to the North. She goes forward and makes it to the main station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Once there, she is surprised to learn of the many different routes slaves are able to take to freedom. Hearing of her sister and family's proceeding sale, Harriet vows she will never be free until her family is free. Against the stationmaster's warnings, she heads South. Harriet continues to go back and forth from the North to the South and becomes known as the "Moses of her people" with a reward posted for her for $40,000. Harriet is able to successfully rescue her entire family, as well as 300 slaves on 17 dangerous missions to the Confederate South.
- The measles outbreak and controversy surrounding vaccinating children; radio host/author Howard Stern (book, "Howard Stern Comes Again"); the Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island; TV host Alex Trebek ("Jeopardy"); the new TWA Hotel at New York's JFK Airport; the "Central Park Five" thirty years later; U.S. Navy Admiral William McRaven;
- The passage of the first-ever tax-funded reparations bill for Black Americans stirs up a debate.
- Josiah Henson's 1849 autobiography inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and galvanized abolitionists. But for 30 years, he was enslaved on what was once a 270-acre plantation run by Isaac Riley. An acre of land and an old house are all that remain. Time Team America descends on a upscale DC suburb, digging for clues beneath the manicured lawn and peeling back layers of the old kitchen floor to tell the story of one of the most important Americans of the 19th century.