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Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Reporter Sally Sara takes to the streets of Baltimore and Chicago to investigate a reawakened civil rights movement that’s fighting to stop the killing of black Americans.
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A part of the series America in the 20th Century. Anyone who thinks the civil rights movement began and ended with Martin Luther King Jr. will discover a new, eye-opening view of history in this program. It reveals a long-running struggle for racial equality starting with Civil War– and Reconstruction-era events, moving through the blight of Jim Crow and the formation of the NAACP and other groups, and depicting the drama of King’s movement in varied, evolving phases.
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On February 1st, 1960, four men dressed in their Sunday best sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. but were refused service because of the color of their skin. In this inspiring documentary, the Greensboro Four themselves tell the story of the lunch counter sit-in that revitalized the civil rights movement and established a model of student activism for the coming decade.
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In the early 1950s, times were hard for many black Americans in the old South. Rigid segregation was the rule of the day and African Americans found themselves on the periphery of American life and spontaneous lynchings. But even before the birth of the modern civil rights movement, one black man declared non-violent warfare on the old Jim Crow system. This program from Tony Brown's Journal discusses Medgar Evers' story and how he became one of the many casualties of the civil rights struggle.
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On his last day alive, soul superstar Marvin Gaye is depressed and paranoid. He's abandoned his latest tour and is holed up at his parents' house in Los Angeles, California. His excessive drug use escalates, and with it, the tension in the home. Soon, his lifelong power struggle with his father explodes in a violent climax as Gaye provokes his father into shooting him twice. We delve into Gaye's violent childhood to uncover the roots of his strained relationship with his strict father and to understand his struggle with drugs.
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Robert F. Williams was the forefather of the Black Power movement and broke dramatic new ground by internationalizing the African-American struggle. This program takes an electrifying look at the forgotten civil rights leader who dared to advocate armed self-defense in the face of racist terrorism in the Jim Crow South.
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The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fail. But the triumphant March on Washington, D.C., under King’s leadership, shows a mounting national support for civil rights.
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This inspiring documentary examines the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps—the Tuskegee Airmen. These 450 black men fought the Nazis in World War II and, back in America, they fought prejudice, bigotry, and racism. Extraordinary airmen, they remain today the only fighter group never to have lost one of their bombers to enemy fire.
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Between 1910 and 1950, over 150 independent film companies were organized for the specific purpose of producing all-black cast films. Of the 400 black-produced films that were made, Oscar Micheaux produced 10 percent of them. This program from Tony Brown's Journal examines them.
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Trace three guests’ roots into the heart of slavery, revealing that there is no singular narrative and challenging preconceptions of an era that profoundly shaped our nation’s sense of itself. Hip-hop artist Nas discovers a web of his slave ancestors and their intimate relationship with their slave master; award-winning actress Angela Bassett meets ancestors whose slave family tragedy is rivaled only by a triumphant emancipation story; and presidential advisor Valerie Jarrett goes back in time more than 200 years to meet a formidable line-up of free people of color — all of them of trailblazers. Distributed by PBS Distribution
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This video takes a look at the life of the singer from the perspective of her fans, the music industry, and the singer herself. Rihanna talks about the heartaches and celebration of being one of the most influential artists in the music business today. Discovered by producer Evan Rogers, Rihanna packed up and left her hometown on Barbados in search of fame and fortune. Introduced to Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter, she gave the performance of her life to lock up a recording deal with Def Jam Records. Following this life-changing performance, she began her recording career with one of the most memorable songs of the decade, "Pon de Replay." Could this be one of the greatest stars ever? Many have named her the Jr. Diva of the decade. You won’t want to miss this “umbrella singer” as she rocks the crowd and the microphone.
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