Black Heritage and Culture

Explore the WXXI Black Heritage and Culture site: Your resource and guide to the films, stories, and voices centered around Black history and culture, current events, and issues. And be sure to visit WXXINews.org for coverage of community events and issues that are important to Rochester and beyond. Explore. Watch. Connect! 

Featured Programming

Friday, October 6, 2023 - 9:00pm
Experience the groundbreaking sounds of the bebop pioneer and virtuoso composer.

Black Heritage and Culture

Sesame Workshop continues its major commitment to racial justice with new resources and content called "Coming Together" to help families talk to young children about race and identity. 
A collection of films by and about individuals regarding race across the country and around the globe. Watch on-air, stream online and share the voices, the stories on WORLD and from our partners in public media.
A collection of films by and about individuals amplifying and affirming black voices across the country and around the globe. Watch on-air, stream online and share the voices, the stories on WORLD and from our partners in public media.

Recently Aired

Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 3:00am
A coming of age story about Terrence, a 26-year-old African American man with high-functioning autism.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - 9:00pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 - 9:00pm
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas A. Blackmon looks back at how school integration transformed his hometown of Leland, Mississippi.
Monday, September 11, 2023 - 9:00pm
Revisit 1970s Boston, when court-mandated school integration unleashed racial unrest
Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 10:00pm
In 1927, the Mississippi River flooded from New Orleans to Illinois, leaving a million people homeless and leading to a major black migration to the North.

 

Black Heritage and Culture

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