Aug 11 Watch 6:10 Why school districts like Michael Brown's have suffered 'rapid resegregation' By PBS News Hour Since 1988, American schools have grown more segregated. Jeffrey Brown talks to New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones -- who recently wrote about school segregation in Ferguson, Missouri -- and Sheryll Cashin of Georgetown University Law Center. Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 4:29 Kids with disabilities, behavior problems illegally segregated in Georgia By PBS News Hour The Department of Justice has concluded that the state of Georgia is illegally segregating students with disabilities and behavioral issues. A two-year investigation found that some of the programs are even housed in dilapidated buildings once used as all black… Continue watching
May 08 Watch 5:28 Novelist Paul Beatty pokes fun at how we talk about race in America By PBS News Hour Paul Beatty’s new book “The Sellout” offers a satirical skewering of racial politics in America. Jeffrey Brown speaks with the author about not being afraid to say taboo things and the ways the U.S. is still segregated. Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 4:28 Photographer Gordon Parks' hunt for childhood friends reveals 1940s black life under segregation By PBS News Hour One of the most celebrated African-American artists of his time, Gordon Parks, is the subject of a photography exhibition at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts that focuses on the realities of life under segregation during the 1940s. WGBH's Jared… Continue watching
Mar 09 Watch 7:08 What challenges remain for Selma 50 years since march? By PBS News Hour Over the weekend, visitors like President Obama and nearly 100 members of Congress flocked to Selma, Alabama, to celebrate the anniversary of a civil rights milestone. But 50 years since protesters defiantly crossed the city's iconic Edmund Pettus bridge, Selma… Continue watching
Jan 15 NewsHour Shares: Who are the women in Gordon Parks' photo from 1956? By Colleen Shalby Do you know who these women are? That’s what New York Times is asking readers in an effort to uncover the identity of the subjects in Gordan Parks’ photo. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch Nadine Gordimer, 90, Nobel-winning novelist who spoke out against apartheid By PBS News Hour Nadine Gordimer has died at the age of 90 at her home in Johannesburg. The Nobel Prize-winning writer and anti-apartheid activist used her pen to write damning indictments of South Africa's racial segregation. We look back at Charlayne Hunter-Gault’s 1987… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Nadine Gordimer, 90, Nobel-winning novelist who spoke out against apartheid By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 50 years later, 'Freedom Summer' leaders recall pivotal fight against discrimination By PBS News Hour A new documentary “Freedom Summer” looks back to the deeply segregated Mississippi of 1964, and the young people who came from around the country to lend a hand in the struggle against racism. For a look back at the moment,… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 7:43 How opera legend Jessye Norman learned to 'Stand Up Straight and Sing' By PBS NewsHour Jessye Norman’s voice is known around the globe for its power, range, and beauty. In her new memoir, “Stand Up Straight and Sing!” Norman recalls her journey from growing up in the segregated South to singing on the greatest stages… Continue watching