MPT’s slate of Black History Month programs offers compelling, inspiring, and heart-wrenching stories about the Black experience in our nation. We’re pleased to offer this focus on the Black community and to celebrate its many contributions to American society.

HBCU Week NOW offers films about the under-told stories of sacrifice, courage, innovation, and hope that chronicle HBCU contributions to science, medicine, history, education, civil rights, the arts, music, sports, and more! 

Allergic to Failure: The Robert Covington Story 
Monday, February 2 at 9pm

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom 
Monday, February 2 at 10pm

Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History 
Tuesday, February 3 at 9pm

The Dream Whisperer
Monday, February 9 at 9pm

Opportunity, Access & Uplift: The Evolving Legacy 
Monday, February 16 at 9pm

Black College Football Hall of Fame: Journey to Canton 
Monday, February 16 at 9:30pm

Becoming Frederick Douglass
Monday, February 16 at 10pm

Barry Farm: Community, Land and Justice in Washington
Saturday, February 21 at 10pm

North to New York: The Great Migration In NY's Capital Region
Sunday, February 1 at 3pm

Echoes of Praise: Gospel Music In NY's Capital Region 
Sunday, February 1 at 3:30pm

Raise Your Head Up: Freedom Colonies In America 
Sunday, February 1 at 4pm

American Experience: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
Sunday, February 1 at 5pm

Through the Banks of the Red Cedar 
Sunday, February 8 at 5pm

Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption 
Sunday, February 8 at 6pm

Bessie Coleman: Queen of the Skies 
Sunday, February 8 at 7pm

Five Demands 
Sunday, February 22 at 6pm

American Experience: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
Monday, February 2 at 9pm

Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption 
Tuesday, February 3 at 10pm

Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers 
Thursday, February 5 at 9pm

Dream Land: Little Rock's West 9th Street 
Tuesday, February 17 at 10pm

Fuller Education
Thursday, February 19 at 9pm

Never Drop the Ball 
Thursday, February 26 at 9pm