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Black History Month Resource of the Day: Origin of Everything: Why Do We Say African American?
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Songs of the Day
Today's Theme: The Grand Canyon
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INDEPENDENT LENS - Down a Dark Stairwell
Monday, 2/26 from 2-3:30 am NH WORLD
A Chinese American cop shoots and kills an innocent Black man in the dark stairwell of a Brooklyn housing project. Suddenly, two marginalized communities must navigate an uneven criminal justice system together. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video
POV SHORTS - Shut Up and Paint
Monday, 2/26 from 3:30-4 pm NH WORLD
Painter Titus Kaphar uses film as a medium while grappling with an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism. POV Streaming Video
FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP-HOP CHANGED THE WORLD - The Foundation
Monday, 2/26 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Discover the factors that led to the birth of Hip Hop and its first socially conscious hit The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1982. FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP-HOP CHANGED THE WORLD Streaming Video
HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM
Monday, 2/26 from 7-8 pm NH WORLD
Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. One of the greatest freedom fighters in U.S. history, Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, and a spy. HARRIET TUBMAN: VISIONS OF FREEDOM Streaming Video
BECOMING FREDERICK DOUGLASS
Monday, 2/26 from 8-9 pm NH WORLD
Discover how a man born into slavery became one of the most influential voices for democracy in American history. BECOMING FREDERICK DOUGLASS Streaming Video
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