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And she could be next /
Showcases women of color, community organizers and political candidates, who transform American politics from the ground up
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Reconstruction:
Explores the historical period following the American Civil War known as Reconstruction.
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What's my name:
Presents the biography of Muhammad Ali, the world champion boxer and political activist.
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Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
Tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used in the 1950s to create the first immortal human cell line resulting in medical breakthroughs.
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Legend:
Tells the story of Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman to hold a pilot's license.
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Jazz
Traces the origins and history of jazz, focusing on the individual musicians who helped shape its development
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King in the wilderness /
Provides a look at the final three years in the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., from the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965 to his assassination in April 1968, looking at his character, his commitment to nonviolence and peaceful protest, and his personal philosophical struggles.
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Roots
Chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past; continues the story of Haley's family line from the post-Civil War era to Haley's search for his roots; Kunta Kinte and Fiddler learn that the son of a plantation owner helps slaves escape and try to help him, hoping they can escape as well
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Tell them we are rising:
Examines the history of black colleges and universities in the United States and the impact they have had on American society
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For love of liberty:
Explores the history of African-American service men and women, documenting and acknowledging their sacrifices and accomplishments
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Traffic stop /
With footage from police dashcams, tells the story of Breaion King, a 26-year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas, who was stopped for a routine traffic violation that escalated into a violent arrest.
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Jackie Robinson /
Jackie Robinson, a two-part, four-hour film directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon tells the story of an American icon whose life-long battle for first class citizenship for all African Americans transcends even his remarkable athletic achievements. “Jackie Robinson,” Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “was a sit-inner before sit-ins, a freedom rider before freedom rides.”
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Miss Evers' boys
Story of the infamous Tuskegee Experiment, in which African American men were led to believe they were being treated for syphilis when they were not, and of a nurse who worked with them.
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Go tell it on the mountain
Dramatization of James Baldwin's partly autobiographical first novel, of a young Harlem man growing up in a strict family in the 1930s
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