African American History

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

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During World War II, the US Army's only all-Black, all-women battalion takes on an impossible mission: sorting through a three-year backlog of 17...

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The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as...

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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as...

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In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

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A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat...

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Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton...

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Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.

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A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he...

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The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

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"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous...

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The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

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Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott led by Martin...

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During the Second World War, a special project is begun by the US Army Air Corps to integrate African American pilots into the Fighter Pilot Program....

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An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

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During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and...

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The story of Jack Johnson, the first African American Heavyweight boxing champion.

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Stories and music of Black artists who relied on an underground travel guide to navigate the injustices of racial segregation while on the road. The...

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In 1970, a British film crew set out to make a straightforward literary portrait of James Baldwin set in Paris, insisting on setting aside his...

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Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

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An exploration of the history of the word throughout its inception to present day. Woven into the narrative are poetry, music, and commentary from...

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United States, September 1st, 2016. American football player Colin Kaepernick kneels during the national anthem, protesting police brutality against...

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Hebrews to Negroes 2 : Revelation is a documentary that uncovers the 'True Biblical Identity" and Ancestral Homeland of the people living in North...

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Black militants building up an arsenal of weapons in preparation for a race war are betrayed by one of their own.

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