Discover Inspiring Stories

The Route to Emancipation by Black History Bike Ride follows three friends as they embark on a 350-mile cycling route from the Texas Capitol in Austin to the site where Juneteenth began in 1865. The journey takes viewers back through centuries of Black history in Texas.

33 Black Frog: An American Story is a powerful documentary about Chief Petty Officer Eddie L. Ferguson, one of the first African American Navy Frogmen. Battling racism and adversity, Ferguson’s journey is one of courage, perseverance, and a legacy that paved the way for generations.

Harriet Tubman | From the Railroad to a Spy is a documentary that tells her complete story. Journey through the events and details of her incredible life story that are seldom told, from the underground railroad to her work as a Union Army scout and spy in military campaigns.

I'm Goin' Home is a story that has never been told about an enslaved person’s journey to freedom on the Underground Railroad. It is also the story of the brave men and women who helped him make the dangerous 400-mile trip from Senator Henry Clay’s Ashland Estate in Lexington, Kentucky to Canada. This account is also the vehicle by which the evils, economics and politics of slavery is revealed.

The third part of “The Price of Silence” series explores the Black American flight to New Jersey during the Great Migration. Blacks hoped to find a better life in the region, devoid of the racism and discrimination they experienced in the South.

As cities across the US continue to be plagued by conflict, Riot: From Rebellion to Redemption traces the trail of heartbreak from the 1967 riots to modern Newark, NJ, the city that still struggles to recover from the tragedies of that summer. More than just a dusty history lesson, Riot brings viewers face-to-face with the people who refused to let the riot define or defeat them.

Discover a hidden chapter of the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s Tampa, Florida. A courageous group of Black high school students organize peaceful sit-ins at a downtown lunch counter, sparking a wave of change across the city. Their actions grew into a movement that helped open a segregated society. The film brings to life the voices of ordinary people who transformed their community and beyond.

African American pioneer, Clara Brown's true-life story is told through the lens of an American opera, "Gabriel's Daughter." Clara became a successful entrepreneur, helped populate the African American Colorado community while searching for her only remaining daughter who was sold away from her at auction. Through Opera highlighted performances we discover Clara's struggles and triumphs.

Explore the stories and contributions of Black jockeys, trainers, owners, grooms, and exercise riders in the 1800s who persevered through...

New Jersey, the Garden State, is known for its produce, but not for the enslaved people who tilled the soil. In this two-part...

By Parties Unknown explores the story of the violent lynching of four Black men in Russellville, Kentucky in 1908 after they were singled...

Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom is a documentary by award-winning director, Ya’Ke Smith that invites viewers into the story of Juneteenth –...

In the 1960s, residents wanted a thriving Black neighborhood in Newport News, Virginia, to keep growing. White city leaders wanted that...

Barry Farm shares a journey for community, land, and justice in the nation’s capital. It is a story of the Barry Farm neighborhood, but...

Drawing from intimate interviews with high school students and educators in the Mississippi Delta, student shot footage, and archival...

African American artistic forms like the Blues, Spirituals, Spoken Word, Preaching, Comedy and Hip Hop reveal a story about the creative...

Talking Black in America: Social Justice reveals linguistic discrimination on Black Language speakers in education, work, housing, and...

Narrated by Phylicia Rashad, Alpha Kappa Alpha: A Legacy of Service , documents the 115-year history of one of the nation’s oldest...

Equalization schools were established throughout the American South to maintain racial distance from Blacks. Austin created its own...

This Daytime Emmy Award winning documentary tells the story of the children who lived the history behind the landmark desegregation case...