Black History Month

“Behind the Rainbow” is a previously untold account of South Africa's political struggles along the road to democracy.

Zora Neale Hurston was one of the most celebrated — and most controversial — figures of the Harlem Renaissance. This film includes rare archival footage from Hurston’s own collection, and features interviews with Alice Walker, Dorothy West, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Maya Angelou and others.

Join WXXI in celebrating Black History Month by attending this free screening.

A meditation on the essential bond between humans and animals, “Mine” is an equally compelling story of race, class and compassion in contemporary America.

President and Mrs. Obama host a concert in the White House East Room in honor of Black History Month.

Tavis Smiley presents this two-part series celebrating the ordinary people who made the Civil Rights Movement one of the most extraordinary periods in American history.

This special tells the forgotten true story of an African prince who was enslaved in Mississippi for 40 years before finally achieving freedom and becoming one of the most famous men in America.

"It is a wonderful story... of a group of Americans who never lost their love of this country, never lost their faith in it or what the founding fathers had promised them." - General Colin L. Powell

An in-depth look at the sexism, violence and homophobia in rap music and hip-hop culture through the lens of a former college star athlete.