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    Watch the trailer for Flannery O'Connor

    Premieres Tuesday, March 23rd at 8pm EST (check local listings) on PBS and PBS.org.
  • 4 Ways Sidney Poitier was a trailblazer on and off the screen

    One of his films helped inspire the independence movement for his native Bahamas.
  • The time Tony Bennett "...saw things no human being should ever have to see."

    Before he was a lover he was a fighter who spent time serving in World War II.
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    How It Feels To Be Free

    The inspiring story of six trailblazing Black women entertainers.
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    Halle Berry on how seeing Diahann Caroll on TV changed her

    Carroll's TV show “rearranged her” and made her realize that she “had value.”
  • 8 emerging BIPOC artists you should know

    Watch In the Making, our new digital video series following the lives and journeys of emerging BIPOC artists.
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    Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

    The film reveals hidden facets of her life during some of America’s most defining moments.
  • In promoting the "myth of white self-sufficiency," the "Little House" books rewrite history

    Writer Lizzie Skurnick on how bigotry "...is the driving force of the narrative."
  • What should be done about racist depictions in the “Little House” books?

    In some instances, racist passages in the "Little House" series were amended in newer editions by book sellers.
  • These four masters found success and fame later in life

    Here are four women who earned a place among America’s cultural icons well into adulthood.
  • What's it like to attend "Laurapalooza," the conference for Laura Ingalls Wilder superfans ("bonnetheads")?

    Writer Sandra Hume reveals what can be learned at Wilder fan conferences.
  • Black entertainers are still longing for equity in entertainment

    #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign writes about the state of racial equality in entertainment, especially for Black women.
  • American Masters films that are streaming right now

    This month, we are releasing a selection of films for you to stream and enjoy.
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    Stream hundreds of never-before-seen interviews from our 34-year archive

    The archive includes over 1,000 hours of footage from the movers and shakers of American culture.
  • For the first time, the story of Joni Mitchell’s early career has a soundtrack

    Joni Mitchell has kept an important part of her early musical life story hidden – until now.
  • How Nina Simone reinvented herself after a rejection from classical music conservatory

    She was crushed after a rejection from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
  • Essay: The image makers are always consequential

    Princeton professor and writer Imani Perry reflects on the power of representation in popular culture.
  • How Sequoyah, who did not read or write, created a written language for the Cherokee Nation from scratch

    Sequoyah recognized the value of the European settlers’ “talking leaves,” and set out to create a written language for the Cherokee.
  • 5 ways Lena Horne revolutionized the entertainment industry

    She fought discrimination and helped improve standards of representation for Black performers.
  • The story behind Nina Simone's protest song "Mississippi Goddam"

    Simone said that the song "...erupted out of me quicker than I could write it down."
  • Neil Young's archive reveals much about an artist we thought we knew well.

    Neil Young saved just about everything, and now much of it is available via the Neil Young Archives.
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    Roxane Gay and others on racist “Little House” depictions

    Wilder used racist depictions of American Indian and Black people in the books.
  • A "Little House" adulthood: How the books changed when I grew up

    "Perhaps when we re-read the "Little House" books as adults, they stop being children’s books and become something else to us."
  • FULL EPISODE

    How Charlie "YardBird" Parker got his nickname

    The story involves an actual bird that suffered an unfortunate fate.
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