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FIRST PEOPLES - Americas
Wednesday, 2/28 from 11 am-12 pm NH EXPLORE
As humans spread out across the world, their toughest challenge was to colonize the Americas -- because of a huge ice sheet blocking their route. FIRST PEOPLES Streaming Video
JACKIE ROBINSON - Part One and Two
Wednesday, 2/28 from 1-4 pm NH EXPLORE
Examine the life and times of Jack Roosevelt Robinson, who in 1947 lifted a nation and an entire race on his shoulders when he crossed baseball's color line. JACKIE ROBINSON Streaming Video
FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP-HOP CHANGED THE WORLD - Culture Wars
Wednesday, 2/28 from 4-5 pm NH WORLD
Experience the 1990s during the Clinton years and the unstoppable rise in popularity of Hip Hop, which becomes a force that is attacked by all sides of the political establishment. FIGHT THE POWER: HOW HIP-HOP CHANGED THE WORLD Streaming Video
P.O.V. - Two Towns of Jasper
Wednesday, 2/28 from 7-8:30 pm NH WORLD
After the brutal murder of African-American James Byrd, Jr. by three white supremacists in Jasper, Texas, friends Whitney Dow, who is white, and Marco Williams, who is black, made a film about their town. P.O.V. Streaming Video
P.O.V. - Unapologetic
Wednesday, 2/28 from 8:30-10 pm NH WORLD
Meet Janae and Bella, two fierce abolitionists whose upbringing and experiences shape their activism and views on Black liberation. Told through their lens, Unapologetic offers an inside look into the movement and ongoing work that transformed Chicago, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. P.O.V. Streaming Video
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