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Muddy Waters: Ain’t that a Man
Bluesman Muddy Waters went from the Mississippi cotton fields to Chicago and changed the face of American music.
Bluesman Muddy Waters went from the Mississippi cotton fields to Chicago and changed the face of American music.
Between the 1930s and 1960s, the famous singer and actor made many visits to the world’s first socialist country, which made a lasting impression on his art and politics.
The life and work of W. E. B. Du Bois, writer, educator, and chronicler of Black life in America.
The hidden story of the English national team’s first Black footballer.
Sojourner Truth, Anna Julia Cooper, the National Association of Colored Women, and the foundations of Black women’s struggles today.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. opposed racism, imperialism, and capitalist inequity at home and around the world.
The remarkable story of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, a forgotten founder of rock and roll.
A real-life drama performed before an audience of four.
Claude Brown testifies about the urban crisis in 1960s America.
From daring Civil War hero to Reconstruction-era political pioneer, the life of former slave Robert Smalls was as amazing as it was significant.
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