George Washington Carver: An Uncommon Life

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...

Two brothers, separated by time and prison bars, reestablish contact. Inspired by James Baldwin's short story, 'Sonny's Blues.'

Black Is the Color highlights key moments in the history of Black visual art, from Edmonds Lewis’s 1867 sculpture Forever Free, to the work of...

By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of...

Herman J. Russell, born in the Jim Crow-era South, built one of the oldest and largest black-owned construction and real estate firms in the country....

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

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

A deep look at the class warfare and the contradictions that African-Americans face within their own community when many of them are ostracized...

The history of Chicago's African-American community told like never before -- through the voices of its leading citizens, scholars, artists,...

A descendant of the largest slave-trading family in U.S. history, filmmaker Katrina Browne explores the contemporary legacy of slavery by traveling...

Explore the life and legacy of notable Black scholar and civil rights pioneer W.E.B. Du Bois. From his birth, just five years after the Emancipation...

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