Black Lives Matter

100 years after the Rosewood Massacre, descendants of victims and survivors work to ensure that America remembers the tragedy. 

Nine months before Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama bus, a high school student named Claudette Colvin made a similarly pivotal decision in the fight for civil rights.

The grandsons of civil rights legend Frederick D. Reese are on a mission to share and continue his legacy.  

"Cowboy" tells the story of the legendary Black lawman Bass Reeves, and the experiences of other African Americans after slavery. 

Juneteenth commemorates the very first day in which all Black Americans in formerly Confederate territories knew that they were free people.

John Baptiste Jourdain once dominated newspaper headlines, but his legacy has been forgotten. His family wants the world to know his story 

Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman appointed to the federal judiciary, put her safety on the line to dismantle racial segregation in Southern schools.

Bass Reeves was one of the greatest lawman of the old West, but until recently he was a historical footnote. Now Hollywood is telling his story. 

Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the date signifying the end of chattel slavery in the United States. It is now set to become the 12th federal holiday.