The odds-defying journey of Robert Covington from HBCU student to decade-long NBA career

An incredible life story almost lost to time

How race, class, and gender expectations affected colored girls in southwest Florida during Jim Crow

An in-depth look at how exclusionary zoning and housing discrimination took root

When a daughter of the South, director Frances Causey, set out to find causes for the continuing racial divisions in the United States, she discovers that the politics of slavery didn’t end after the Civil War. In an astonishingly candid look at the history of anti-black racism in the United States, “The Long Shadow” traces the imposition of white privilege and its ultimate manifestation: slavery.

With the Galveston landing of U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger in 1865, slavery in Texas ended. African bondsmen became freedmen, and women and children likewise became African Americans. Many left the plantations to join freedom colonies; others sought out opportunities in cities and towns. Today, the consequences of gentrification and rising property values challenge new generations.

The fight for self-government in D.C. told through the lives and voices of its citizens

How race, class, and gender expectations affected colored girls in southwest Florida during Jim Crow

How race, class, and gender expectations affected colored girls in southwest Florida during Jim Crow

From impossible beginnings to a movement of hope, Bill Strickland proves that opportunity can change everything.

Enslaved people helped build the foundation of Connecticut. Get to know how they lived

The connection between Martin Luther King, Jr. and Langston Hughes

Black high school students organize peaceful sit-ins at a downtown lunch counter, sparking a wave of change

Featuring Keke Wyatt, Qi Dada’s BLACK DIVAS uses music to uplift mental & maternal health.

1967: It was the Summer of Love. But in Newark, New Jersey, there was only strife.

Sundown Town Murder: A reporter digs up new facts prompting surprise witnesses to emerge

Vermont's iconoclastic and independent spirit — from pre-Colonial times to the present

Harriet Tubman: From the Railroad to a Spy is a documentary that tells her complete story.

A moving, musical documentary that illumines civil-rights icon Mary Pleasant's life

A talk show hosting authentic conversations

Follow three friends on a 350-mile journey through Texas’ Black history to Juneteenth's origin

In 1974, Howard University formed its first women’s basketball team. This is their story.

A look at the impact of the CIAA Tournament's relocation to Baltimore

How one town turned disaster into prosperity

The untold story of a Navy pioneer who rose above racism to leave a lasting legacy