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Lena Horne was one of the most recognizable actors, singers and civil rights icons of her era. Throughout her 70-year career, Horne struggled to forge her own identity amid deep-seated racism and segregation in Hollywood. But ultimately, her fight against discrimination helped break barriers, challenge ...

Historian Ruth Feldstein, author of “How It Feels To Be Free,” talks about the important role that entertainers, and women entertainers in particular, had in the civil rights movement. This clip is an interview outtake from the American Masters film of the same name.

It was a bloody Sunday in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963 that inspired the singer and pianist Nina Simone's famous protest song, "Mississippi Goddam." Four young Black girls died that day in a white supremacist terror attack that would become known as the 16th ...

Twyla Moves explores the life of legendary dancer, director and choreographer Twyla Tharp. Jumping from historical footage to the present day, the film traces her influential career while providing an intimate look at her famously rigorous creative process.

Despite the mixed feelings that many Black people have towards the genre of film, producer, actor and writer Lena Waithe says that "if Blaxploitation gives us Pam Grier I'll take it any day."

The musician talks about why she admires Horne so much and how one of her dreams would be to play her. She also explains what she means when she says that she’s “ready to be free.”

Carroll tells the story of when she spoke up in an early makeup session for the TV show “Julia.”