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Black History Month

Enjoy this playlist to investigate the rich history of African Americans (22 films)

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

Seven Songs for Malcolm X

An homage to the inspirational African-American civil rights leader.

Althea

Althea

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

Come Hell or High Water

Come Hell or High Water

When the graves of former slaves are bulldozed in Mississippi, a Boston teacher returns home to protect the community his ancestors settled.

They Are We

They Are We

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

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

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.

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 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 Great Flood

The Great Flood

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

I Am Somebody

I Am Somebody

1969 hospital workers struggle in Charleston, South Carolina.