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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Jesse Owens

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Jesse Owens

Tuesday, May 1 at 8 p.m. — Trace the story of Jesse Owens’ remarkable victories in the face of Nazi racism during the 1936 Olympics.

INDEPENDENT LENS: More Than a Month

INDEPENDENT LENS: More Than a Month

Sunday, February 19 at 11 p.m. — Find out why an African-American filmmaker wants to end Black History Month.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: The William Still Story

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: The William Still Story

Monday, February 6 at 10 p.m. — Hear the story of William Still, a free black man who accepted delivery of “human cargo” on the Underground Railroad.

HISTORY DETECTIVES: Episode 912

HISTORY DETECTIVES: Episode 912

Tuesday, October 11 at 8 p.m. — A black man in a Confederate uniform, Hollywood underpaying Native Americans, and an ornate stock certificate.

KEN BURNS: The Civil War

KEN BURNS: The Civil War

Sundays at 9 p.m. beginning April 3 — Brings to life America’s most destructive–and defining–conflict.

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Roads to Memphis

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Roads to Memphis

Monday, May 3 at 9 p.m. — Tells the wildly disparate yet fatefully entwined stories of an assassin, James Earl Ray, and his target, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

AMERICAN MASTERS: Sam Cooke: Crossing Over

AMERICAN MASTERS: Sam Cooke: Crossing Over

Monday, January 11 at 9 p.m. — Sam Cooke put the spirit of the black church into popular music, creating a new American sound.