AIRed February 16 & 17 at 9pm
The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song
Explore the 400-year-old story of the black church in America, its changing nature, and the men and women who shepherded it.
Standing Against Racism: Fostering Unity Through Dialogue
PBS and MPT race programming - for streaming anytime
Aired FEbruary 8 at 9pm
Goin’ Back to T-Town | American Experience
A thriving Black community in Tulsa that rebuilt after a 1921 racially-motivated massacre.
Aired FEbruary 8 at 9pm
American Experience: Voice of Freedom
The life of singer Marian Anderson and her triumphant 1939 concert at the Lincoln Memorial.
Aired FEbruary 22 at 9pm
Vernon Jordan: Make It Plain Promo
Explore the life of one of the most influential African American thought leaders. [For MPT Passport members.]
Aired February 1 at 9pm
POV: American Promise
Trace the experiences of an African American boy and his friend at a prestigious private school.
John Lewis - Get in the Way
John Lewis - Get in the Way
Follow the journey of civil rights hero, congressman and human rights champion John Lewis.
MPT Presents
Pip and Zastrow: An American Friendship
The true story of two men who cross racial boundaries and form a life-long friendship that takes extraordinary turns.
MPT Digital Studios
Voices of Baltimore: Black, White & Gray
A compilation of short narratives that shed light on the events that occurred in the city of Baltimore on April 27, 2015.
MPT Presents
By Any Means Necessary: Stories of Survival
Baltimore’s squeegeeing movement as the latest in an entrepreneurial history of survival.
The African Americans
Many Rivers to Cross
Explore the global experiences that created the African-American people.
American Experience
The Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett Till's murder and the acquittal of his killers mobilized the Civil Rights Movement.
American Experience
Freedom Riders
The story behind civil rights activists who challenged segregation in the American South.
Direct Connection
A Conversation: Race and Policing
Police accountability and how to turn protest into policy.
Independent Lens
The First Rainbow Coalition
Across lines of race and ethnicity, alliances formed among Chicago activists in the '60s.
American Masters
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
Dr. Maya Angelou was a singer, dancer, activist, poet and writer who inspired generations.
America ReFramed
Struggle & Hope
The stories, and fight, of the residents of the last remaining all-Black towns in the U.S.
Independent Lens
Always in Season
A haunting exploration of lynching and racial violence in America.
FRONTLINE
Policing the Police
How do you transform a troubled police department?
PBS NewsHour
Race Matters: America in Crisis
Outrage is pouring onto the streets over police brutality and the death of George Floyd.
Independent Lens
Peace Officer
Meet Dub Lawrence, a crusading former sheriff whose investigations highlight increasingly militarized state of American police. Dub established Utah’s first SWAT team, only to see
The Talk: Race in America
The Talk - Race in America
The conversation parents of color have with their children about interactions with police.
Independent Lens
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code
Were the 739 deaths from Chicago's 1995 heatwave a one-time tragedy or appalling trend?
FRONTLINE
Growing Up Poor in America
The experience of childhood poverty against the backdrop of a pandemic and a national reckoning with racism.
American Masters
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Discover the man behind the legend.
Independent Lens
Tell Them We Are Rising
The rich but undertold history of America’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
RECONSTRUCTION
America After the Civil War
The aftermath of the Civil War was bewildering, exhilarating . . . and terrifying.
BOSS: The Black Experience in Business
Boss: The Black Experience in Business
Learn about the untold story of African American entrepreneurship.
Great Performances
Twilight: Los Angeles
An encore of Anna Deavere Smith’s theatrical work about the 1992 L.A. riots.
PBS NewsHour WEEKEND SPECIAL
America in Black and Blue 2020
A report on race and policing in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer.
POV SHorts
The Changing Same
In the Florida Panhandle lies the provincial town of Marianna, Florida, where one native resident hopes to lift the veil of racial terror caused by the town’s buried history.
FROM KEN BURNS
The Central Park Five
Five teenagers from Harlem are wrongfully convicted of a brutal crime in 1989
From Ken Burns
East Lake Meadows
The story of a public housing community raises critical questions about race and poverty.