Filtering by: History & Hidden Figures
11:28AM (17 mins) drama
86 yr. old Walter "Posey" Fodrell, shares one of his youthful memoirs of the historically secret band of vigilante civil rights soldiers known as the Padlock Men; the Civil Rights movement will never be viewed the same.
A History Never Spoke A Bond Never Broken"
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10:22AM (1hr 6mins) documentary
As the Civil Rights and Black Power movements made national headlines in the late 1960's, a less well-known struggle for inclusion was taking place on college campuses. Through the stories of those on the front lines, Agents of Change sheds new light on the story of race in America and its relationship to the Black Lives Matter and campus protests of today.
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10:12AM (10 mins) documentary
Dir. Rocky McKoy
A man of science and dance explains how he balances both worlds
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9:15AM (57 mins) documentary
Through force of will, keen intellect and intractable faith, Robert Madison overcame significant economic and social barriers to achieve the American dream through architecture while also making a commitment to extend that dream to others.
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9:00AM (15 mins) Documentary
"Briscoe: Man of Science and Substance" tells the story of African American scientist, Dr. Madison Spencer Briscoe. Born in 1904, less than 50 years after the abolition of slavery, Dr. Briscoe overcame great adversity to make important contributions to the fields of parasitology and entomology and advance the sciences at Storer College, one of West Virginia’s first colleges for African Americans.
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