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Black History Month

Enjoy this playlist to investigate the rich history of African Americans in the United States. If your institution wants to license this playlist, please see the Black History Month Sampler page. (21 films)

Althea

Althea

Pioneering athlete Althea Gibson broke records on and off the tennis court.

Finally Got the News

Finally Got the News

The classic film about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, one of the most significant expressions of black radical thought and activism in the 1960s

Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker

Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker

Friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, FUNDI reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker played in shaping the American civil rights movement.

I Am Somebody

I Am Somebody

1969 hospital workers struggle in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Great Flood

The Great Flood

Filmmaker Bill Morrison and musician Bill Frisell evoke the Mississippi River Flood of 1927, and its many legacies.

The Long Walk To Freedom

The Long Walk To Freedom

A story of 12 ordinary people who accomplished extraordinary things in the Civil Rights movement.

The Intolerable Burden

The Intolerable Burden

One black family's commitment to a quality education, from the pre-1965 time of segregation, through desegregation, and through the recent period of resegregation. **Winner, John E. O'Connor Film Award, American Historical Association**

The Loving Story

The Loving Story

Oscar-shortlist selection, this is the definitive account of Loving v. Virginia, the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage.

Public Enemy

Public Enemy

A film about revolutionaries after the revolution, PUBLIC ENEMY focuses on the personal lives, past and present, of four Black Panther Party members

They Are We

They Are We

Anthropologist's film reunites a family 200 years after they were torn apart by the transatlantic slave trade.