Feb 24 Watch 2:46 During Black History Month, students reflect on their modern-day heroes By Becky Wandel Black History Month expands students’ understanding of the Black experience in American history. But one teacher in Akron, Ohio wanted her students to see that Black history isn’t something that happened in the past, it happens every single day through… Continue watching
Feb 24 Why we're drawn to Billie Holiday's story By Lizz Bolaji The story of Billie Holiday, who died at age 44, has been told and retold in countless books and films. Why do we keep coming back to it?… Continue reading
Feb 24 5 stories about COVID-19 vaccine mistrust from Americans of color By Laura Santhanam The coronavirus pandemic repeats a truth that communities of color in the United States have been saying for generations: They suffer worse health outcomes compared to white communities, and systemic racism drives those disparities. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 7:02 Health officials try to rebuild trust of vaccines among Indigenous Americans By Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sam Lane Native Americans have been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, but a history of medical mistreatment has led some Indigenous leaders to brace for challenges in vaccinating their communities. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on those… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 7:56 Battered by the pandemic, communities of color experience sharp drop in life expectancies The pandemic's toll was highlighted in stark terms again Thursday as the expected life spans fell in the U.S. by a year on average in the first half of 2020. It is the largest drop since World War II, and… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 4:08 The musical duo Black Violin's Brief But Spectacular take on defying stereotypes When Kev Marcus and Wil B met in a high school music class they shared their desire to disrupt people's impressions of what classical music should be. Together they formed a group called Black Violin, which we featured on the… Continue watching
Feb 16 Watch 7:42 Universities look to the past to understand their relationships with race By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson, Tommy Walters In the aftermath of the killings by police of George Floyd and other black men and women, American institutions of all kinds have looked to their past and present to understand their relationships to race and racism. That reckoning continues… Continue watching
Feb 15 Watch 6:43 Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his new series 'The Black Church' By Jeffrey Brown, Leah Nagy A new four-part series, “The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This is Our Song," premieres Tuesday on PBS. It’s a sweeping history of religion, politics and culture led by Henry Louis Gates Jr., the noted Harvard scholar and host… Continue watching
Feb 12 Black women were vital to the Black church. Here are 2 stories By Christina Turner While the “backbone of the church has been Black women almost from the very beginning,” historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. said, their roles have both been suppressed within the church and forgotten when recounting its history. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 6:16 Before George Floyd, Officer Derek Chauvin had a history of using excessive force By PBS NewsHour Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is awaiting trial for the murder of George Floyd. But even before the killing that sparked nationwide protests last summer, Chauvin had a history of using excessive force. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Jamiles Lartey… Continue watching