8 Must-Watch Docs For Black History Month
UNSPECIFIED - OCTOBER 18, 1964: American pianist and jazz singer Nina Simone performs October 18, 1964 in an unidentifed location. Simone, whose deep, raspy voice made her a unique jazz figure and later helped chronicle the civil rights movement, died in her sleep on April 21, 2003 of natural causes after a long illness. She was 70.
Freedom Riders
In 1961, civil rights activists (both black and white) boarded a Greyhound bus in Washington D.C. and rode through the south’s most segregated areas en route to New Orleans in protest of federal laws regarding the desegregation of public buses that weren’t being enforced. This Stanley Nelson Jr. documentary tells the story of these brave men and women.
The African Americans: Many Rivers To Cross
This six-part docuseries covers over 500 years of African American history, from the slave trade to the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jtI-ItO6LE
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