Huey P. Newton: Prelude To Revolution (1997)

Whispers Of Angels: A Story Of The Underground Railroad (2002)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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Featuring interviews with historians and dramatic re-enactments, this program relates the remarkable history of the Underground Railroad. As such abolitionists as Thomas Garrett, William Still and Harriet ... more

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Underground Railroad: The William Still Story (2012)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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A long-unheralded hero of the secret safe-house chain that gave runaway slaves passage to free states and Canada, free-born abolitionist William Still managed the Underground Railroad's Philadelphia ... more

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The Abolitionists (2013)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

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"American Experience" takes a three-part look at the men and women who fought--first peaceably, and then by more forceful means--to destroy the "peculiar institution" of slavery that once plagued America. ... more

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Black Is...Black Ain't (1994)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

Format: | Starring: Angela Davis, Essex Hemphill, Bell Hooks

Filmmaker Marlon Riggs' provocative final film offers a challenging look at how the forging of a "black identity" can be a complex but important undertaking in contemporary society. Incorporating remarks ... more

$19.99

4 Little Girls (1997)

Category: Documentary | Director: Spike Lee | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

Format: | Starring: Chris Mcnair, Maxine Mcnair, Helen Pegues

Acclaimed director Spike Lee examines one of the most shocking crimes to occur in American history--the 1963 bombing of a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, that resulted in the deaths of four children ... more

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First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin (1997)

Category: Documentary | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

Format: | Starring: John Hope Franklin, Charles Kuralt

Charles Kuralt narrates this documentary examination of the life and work of noted African-American historian, scholar, and activist John Hope Franklin. Best known for the pivotal 1947 book "From Slavery ... more

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Marcus Garvey: Look For Me In The Whirlwind (2001)

Category: Documentary | Director: Stanley Nelson | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: Yes

Format: | Starring: Carlos Coombs, Brittany Cooper, Webley Dickenson

A leading preacher of black self-determination, Jamaican-born orator Marcus Garvey started a "Back to Africa" movement in the 1910s and '20s and had a following in the millions, but his radical views ... more

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Marcus Garvey: A Giant In Black Politics (2008)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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The family, friends, and contemporaries of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey discuss his life and work in this enlightening documentary. From his founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association ... more

$14.99

LaLee's Kin: The Legacy Of Cotton (2001)

Category: Documentary | Rated: NR | Color: Color | Closed Captioned: No

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The crushing cycle of poverty for the working poor of the Mississippi Delta is brought home by this Oscar-nominated chronicle. The struggles of the West Tallahatchie School System to elevate standards ... more

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