The African-American Studies Collection

Examines the history of the US eugenics movement and its recent resurrection, which uses false scientific claims and holds that an all-powerful 'gene' determines who is worthy and who is not.

Tells the shocking story of New York Times reporter Jayson Blair, the most infamous plagiarist of our time.

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

Alzheimer's in the African-American community.

One night a week, the stage at the Apollo Theater is an amateur's battleground, where performers have competed for stardom since 1934. Today, the legend of Ella Fitzgerald lives on in the hearts of those who pray for their own big break.

A tight-knit group of friends travel to Cumberland County, North Carolina - 2016 'posterchild' for voter suppression - intent on proving that the big idea of American democracy can be defended by small acts of individual citizens.

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

The life of the first black photographer to win a Guggenheim Fellowship.

An examination of the fiasco in Florida in the context of the history of voting rights violations.

Chronicles the decades-long cycle of destruction and despair that defines modern gang culture in South LA.