Celebrating Black History
102 videos • 2,194 views • by PBS Voices
A collection of videos covering topics of Black history, culture, arts, and politics from a range of PBS channels.
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Is Hip Hop the Root of Today's Fashion?
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Can Food Be Political?
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The Secret Group That Planned an Insurrection Against Slavery
PBS Origins
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The Power of RIP T-Shirts
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Inside the Black & Latino Ballroom Resurgence
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Traitor or Hero? The Black Musician Who Spied on His Own Community
PBS Origins
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Shark "Traffic Jam": Inside a Biscayne Bay Shark Survey
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Exploring the Revolutionary Legacy of Black River Baptisms
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Uncovering the Power of Hoodoo: An Ancestral Journey
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Inside Black New Orleans' Most Sacred Ritual
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Why Have So Many Countries Adopted Drill Rap?
Sound Field
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What Makes The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill So Special?
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Hold Up, How Did Hip-Hop Become A Trailblazer in VR?
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Black Caesar: The Dozens of Pirates Behind The Legend
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The Many Gods of Yoruba Lore
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Rock Climbing's Troubled Route Naming Tradition | America Outdoors: Understory | PBS
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How an FBI Poster Became a Black Power Symbol | The Bigger Picture with Vincent Brown | PBS
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Not Your Grandma's Fruitcake | Relish with Yia Vang
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This berry picker became a viral meme in Alaska | INDIE ALASKA
Indie Alaska
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The Evolution of Hair Textures
PBS Terra
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Where Does My Skin Color Come From?
PBS Terra
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Cities are getting too hot to handle. TREES help us survive.
PBS Terra
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The Untold Origins of the Black & Blind Musician
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What Makes Somali-Style Masala So Unique? | Relish with Chef Yia Vang
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What I Learned From the Central Park Roller Skaters
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Toni Morrison’s Opus About Confronting a Terrible Past | It's Lit
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Why Was Everybody Kung Fu Fighting In The 70s?
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What Is Blaccent And Why Do People Keep Using It?
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Why Is Brandy Called the “Vocal Bible”?
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Adze: the Shapeshifting Firefly from West Africa | Monstrum
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How Do Background Vocals Transform R&B Music? (ft. Linda Diaz)
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The Story Behind the Music of Drumline
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Meet the Vet Who Fought for More Inclusive Hair Standards in the Army | American Veteran
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Why Do People Think Huck Finn Is Racist? (Feat. Princess Weekes) | It's Lit
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To Kill, To Kill a Mockingbird? | It’s Lit
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Octavia Butler, The Grand Dame of Science Fiction | It’s Lit
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Juneteenth: Freedom and the Fine Print
Say It Loud
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What People Get Wrong About African-American English | Otherwords
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Racism In Schools: How Can You Fight It?
Above The Noise
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Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance (feat. Princess Weekes) | It's Lit
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The Genius of Fela Kuti and Afrobeat (feat. Femi & Made Kuti)
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How Home Loans Segregated America
Two Cents
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How an Award-Winning Alaskan musician finds hope during a pandemic | INDIE ALASKA
Indie Alaska
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Werehyena: The Terrifying Shapeshifters of African Lore | Monstrum
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How Jazz and Hip Hop Harmonize: J Dilla, Herbie Hancock, and Nas
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Why Is Jersey Club Music Everywhere Right Now?
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How Turfing Keeps Oakland Culture Alive
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The History of Reparations
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Why Go-Go Music and Beat Ya Feet are 100% Washington, DC
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I Gave Birth to a Preemie During the Pandemic (Feat. @DadhowdoI)
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Health Disparities in the Black Community: Past & Present
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An Unseen Look Inside the Portland Protests
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Is Voting Too Hard in the U.S.?
Above The Noise
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The Origins of the Zombie, from Haiti to the U.S. | Monstrum
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Noise and Experimental Music Is For Everyone (feat. Dreamcrusher)
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Why Do We Say "African American"?
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Is There A Right Way To Protest?
Above The Noise
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Behind the Activist (Feat. Rachel Cargle & Ijeoma Oluo) | Self-Evident
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The Genius of Charlie Parker
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The Racist Origins of U.S. Law
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What Does It Mean to be Anti-Racist?
Above The Noise
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Out, Proud & Southern: Dyllón Burnside’s Story | PRIDELAND
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Why Is Coronavirus Hitting People of Color So Hard? (feat. W. Kamau Bell)
Above The Noise
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Afrofuturism: From Books to Blockbusters | It’s Lit
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Gumbo: Louisiana Chefs on How New Orleans Got Its Iconic Dish | Good Gumbo
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Where is the Funk? How Prince Created the Minneapolis Sound (feat. Jellybean Johnson of The Time)
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From the Church to the Charts: The Influence of Gospel Music
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Blame the Tokoloshe! South Africa’s Most Notorious Goblin
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Is Blues the Mother of All Modern Music?
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Is "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X real country music? (feat. Blanco Brown)
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Where Are You REALLY From? Black Migrations and Immigration, Explained
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Should we keep eating Soul Food?
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Why Richard Pryor is still funny?
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Should you go to an HBCU?
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What Missy Elliott did for Afrofuturism
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Why Lawmakers Are Trying to Increase Penalties for Protesting (feat. Alicia Garza)
America From Scratch
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The Evolution of (Black) Beauty
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"Black sounding" names and their surprising history
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The Reason #BlackTwitter Exists (And Is Totally Awesome)
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She isn't African enough?! DNA Ancestry tests feat. It's Okay To Be Smart
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Art about Migration
The Art Assignment
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Are School Dress Codes Sexist and Racist?
Above The Noise
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Black Republicans: They Exist(ed)
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Black People Made That! Intellectual Property and US Patents
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Is This Ratchet Or Runway? Fashion trends to Ghetto Fabulous
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Who Invented Trap Music?
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What is Racial Passing?
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Are you "Black" or "African American?" | Say It Loud | PBS Digital Studios
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What is Ethnicity?
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Black Pride: An Evolution in Self Love
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How James Brown Invented Funk
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Why Does the Government Care about Race?
PBS Origins
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Is Affirmative Action Fair?
Above The Noise
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Should We Raise the Standard for Police Use of Force?
America From Scratch
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Parable of Afrofuturism (Feat. The Storyscape) | Read Awakening
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The Origin of Race in the USA
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Why Are Schools Still So Segregated?
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Is the Rosa Parks Story True?
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How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Get a Holiday?
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Why Are There So Few Women in Computer Science?
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Measure your history with material. | Sonya Clark | The Art Assignment
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Five Black Chemists Who Changed the World
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