Black History Month

PBS Books, in collaboration with the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), hosts a talk with award-winning Honorée Fanonne Jeffers.

In anticipation of Making Black America: Through the Grapevine, PBS Books presents a conversation with the film's producer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Ph.D. and scholar Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Ph.D.

Go beyond the legend and meet the inspiring woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. 

Join us for a special national virtual preview screening of Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom and Becoming Frederick Douglass followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.

Set in turn of the century New York, this opera tells the story of Esther (played by Kearstin Piper Brown), a lonely, single African-American woman who makes her living sewing corsets and ladies’ undergarments.

Explore the life and career of Tony award winning choreographer Garth Fagan and meet three of his long-time disciples, who are now tasked with bringing his technique and legacy to the next generation.

In August 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy named Emmett Till was murdered by two white men. His death helped mobilize the civil rights movement.

How will the new leader of Zimbabwe's opposition party Nelson Chamisa challenges the acting president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, in the 2018 general election?

This film tells the little-known story of a Black settlement, established in the wilds of upstate New York.

Explore how music helped sustain the most important movement of the 20th century and was in turn inspired by the struggle for equality and human rights.