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The Stolen Girls of Leesburg Stockade
In the summer of 1963, in the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, a group of young girls—some as young as 12—were arrested for protest...
Nigroes With Guns
In the 1950s, while most civil rights leaders preached strict nonviolence, one man in North Carolina took a different path. His name...
Before Social Media, They Had This Raw Debate on Live TV
This informal discussion aired on PBS in 1968 as part of a series focused on presenting Black American life and perspectives through...
George Foreman Fought 5 Heavyweights in one Night
April 26, 1975. Six months after getting knocked out by Muhammad Ali in the Rumble in the Jungle, George Foreman walked into Maple Le...
1968 Debate: Violence or Non-Violence
This rare 1968 public television discussion captures a moment when America was openly wrestling with race, power, and the future of t...
The All-Black Female Battalion History Tried to Forget
The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion — known as the “Six Triple Eight” — made history during World War II as the only all-Bl...
The Government Secretly Sprayed this Housing Project with Chemicals
In the middle of the Cold War, an American neighborhood became part of a military test — without the people living there ever being t...
Executed by the Government at 14- Years-Old
At just 14 years old, George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century. In 1944, Georg...





