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Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP

Aired February 25, 2025 | 112 min

The story of civil rights hero Walter White — one of the most influential Black men in mid-century America and leader of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, yet one of the least known figures in civil rights history.

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Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (español)

Aired February 25, 2025 | 112 min

La historia de Walter White, el líder de la NAACP durante muchos años y uno de los hombres negros más influyentes del Estados Unidos de mediados del siglo XX. De AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898

Aired November 12, 2024 | 75 min

The little-known story of a deadly 1898 race massacre and coup d’état in Wilmington, North Carolina, when white supremacists overthrew the multi-racial government of state’s largest city through a campaign of violence and intimidation.

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American Coup: Wilmington 1898 (español)

Aired November 12, 2024 | 75 min

La historia poco conocida de la fatal masacre racial y del golpe de estado de 1898 en Wilmington, NC.

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The Riot Report

Aired May 21, 2024 | 112 min

When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to find the cause for the unrest. Their findings offered an unvarnished assessment of American race relations.

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The Riot Report (español)

Aired May 21, 2024 | 112 min

Cuando una ola de violencia se apoderó de barrios negros por todo Estados Unidos en el verano de 1967, el presidente Johnson nombró una comisión para encontrar la causa de los disturbios. Sus hallazgos ofrecieron una evaluación honesta de las relaciones raciales estadounidenses.

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Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal (español)

Aired April 22, 2024 | 112 min

La historia de las mujeres cuyo liderazgo impulsó el proyecto de ley del Superfondo.

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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

Aired September 12, 2023 | 113 min

Explore what happened when the small Mississippi town of Leland integrated its public schools in 1970. Told through the remembrances of students, teachers and parents, the film shows how the town – and America – were transformed.

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The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools (español)

Aired September 12, 2023 | 113 min

Explore lo que sucedió cuando la pequeña ciudad de Leland en Misisipi integró sus escuelas públicas en 1970. Contada a través de los recuerdos de estudiantes, maestros y padres de familia, la película muestra cómo se transformaron la ciudad y el país.

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The Busing Battleground

Aired September 11, 2023 | 113 min

The Busing Battleground viscerally captures the class tensions and racial violence that ensued when Black and white students in Boston were bused for the first time between neighborhoods to comply with a federal desegregation order.

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The American Diplomat

Aired April 29, 2023 | 53 min

Explore the lives and legacies of three African American ambassadors who broke racial barriers to reach high-ranking appointments in the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations and left a lasting impact on the Foreign Service.

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The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Aired March 30, 2021 | 113 min

In 1946, Isaac Woodard, a Black army sergeant on his way home to South Carolina after serving in WWII, was pulled from a bus for arguing with the driver. The local chief of police savagely beat him, leaving him unconscious and permanently blind.

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