HBCU Week: Beyond the Field | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 4 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
From the CIAA to the Bayou Classic, a unique look at sports and spirit that define HBCUs.
HBCU Week: BEYOND THE FIELD takes you inside the heart of HBCUs. Experience the CIAA in Maryland, a cornerstone of Black athletics history, and feel the electrifying atmosphere of Louisiana's Bayou Classic - an annual showdown between Grambling State and Southern University. The episode offers a unique look beyond sports, highlighting the culture, history, and community spirit that define HBCUs.
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HBCU Week: Beyond the Field | Trailer
Preview: Season 8 Episode 4 | 1m 16sVideo has Closed Captions
HBCU Week: BEYOND THE FIELD takes you inside the heart of HBCUs. Experience the CIAA in Maryland, a cornerstone of Black athletics history, and feel the electrifying atmosphere of Louisiana's Bayou Classic - an annual showdown between Grambling State and Southern University. The episode offers a unique look beyond sports, highlighting the culture, history, and community spirit that define HBCUs.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(bright uplifting music) - When you think about the CIAA, you think about Black excellence.
- [TINA] At historically Black colleges and universities, athletics unite and inspire the community.
- The Bayou Classic is, you know, one of the greatest rivalries in college football.
- [TINA] These highly anticipated events are about much more than the game.
- It also allows us to celebrate the uniqueness of our people, to be what others sometimes think we can't be, which is to gather, to celebrate success.
- They have estimated approximately a $50 million economic impact to the greater New Orleans area, and that's significant.
- For a student in the band, it was very big for me, because I didn't get that opportunity as a kid growing up, you know?
- But really, what the CIA is producing is leaders.
- [TINA] From Maryland Public Television, HBCU Week: Beyond the Field, on Local, USA.
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HBCU Week: Beyond the Field | Grambling State and Southern
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Clip: S8 Ep4 | 41s | HBCUs - Grambing State and Southern - share many things including history and family. (41s)
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Preview: S8 Ep4 | 30s | From the CIAA to the Bayou Classic, a unique look at sports and spirit that define HBCUs. (30s)
HBCU Week: Beyond the Field | The CIAA
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Clip: S8 Ep4 | 1m 11s | The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and what it represents for HBCUs. (1m 11s)
HBCU Week: Beyond the Field | Title IX
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Clip: S8 Ep4 | 35s | Celebrating Title IX and Black women in sports during the CIAA conference in 2022. (35s)
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