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Black History Month Resource of the Day: Robert Sengstacke Abbott
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NATURE - Attenborough and the Jurassic Sea Monster
Wednesday, 2/14 from 8-9 pm NHPBS
Sir David Attenborough unearths a once-in-a-lifetime discovery: the fossil of a giant Pliosaur, the largest Jurassic predator ever known. Follow a team of forensic experts on a perilous expedition to excavate the skull, uncover the predatory secrets lying deep inside the fossil, and unlock clues about the life of this giant sea beast. NATURE Streaming Video
NOVA - Building the Eiffel Tower
Wednesday, 2/14 from 9-10 pm NHPBS
Explore the revolutionary engineering behind Paris's iconic landmark. Completed in 1889, the iron tower smashed the record for the tallest structure on Earth, ushering in a new age of global construction that reached for the skies. NOVA Streaming Video
SECRETS OF THE DEAD - The Woman in the Iron Coffin
Wednesday, 2/14 from 10-11 pm NHPBS
Follow a team of forensic experts as they investigate the preserved remains of a young African American woman from 19th century New York and reveal the little-known story of early America's free black communities. SECRETS OF THE DEAD Streaming Video
CIVILIZATIONS - The Cult of Progress
Wednesday, 2/14 from 11 am-12 pm NH EXPLORE
Examine the rise and fall of "progress" as an ideology, and see how the "civilizing" project that arose from Enlightenment ideas was fraught with contradictions that troubled European artists in different ways. CIVILIZATIONS Streaming Video
GO-GO CITY: DISPLACEMENT AND PROTEST IN WASHINGTON, DC
Wednesday, 2/14 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
For decades, Washington, DC has been a beacon for Black culture and community. Now, a wave of economic and cultural gentrification is occurring at breakneck speed threatening to erase this history. Go-Go City follows protesters for racial justice as they took to the streets in the summer of 2020, rallying around the city’s unique Go-Go music scene as they strived to make their voices heard. GO-GO CITY Streaming Video
BLACK FIRE
Wednesday, 2/14 from 9-10 pm NH WORLD
A look at Washington, DC's music and cultural heritage through the music, message, and art of the people behind Black Fire Records, a Black-owned independent jazz record label started in the 1970s. BLACK FIRE Streaming Video
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