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Explore an evolving collection of streaming media from PBS and PBS Wisconsin that tells the stories of diverse Black communities. Selections come from trusted programs like Independent Lens, POV, PBS NewsHour, and local PBS Wisconsin productions.

Collectively these resources see and celebrate Black lives, offering an American history and present suffused with Black excellence, resistance, joy, love, community and the ongoing project and promise of liberation.

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The Exchange: Kaukauna & King 50 Years Later

The Exchange: Kaukauna & King 50 Years Later

Fifty years after Black and white students from different parts of Wisconsin came together to perform a play about race relations during the Civil Rights Movement, the original performers reunite to reflect on their experience and watch as a new generation reprises their performance of Martin Duberman's “In White America.”

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PBS Wisconsin Documentaries and Digital Series

PBS Wisconsin Documentaries : Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams

PBS Wisconsin Documentaries

Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams

The story of civil rights leader Vel Phillips, a woman of many ``firsts`` in Wisconsin.

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PBS WISCONSIN DOCUMENTARIES

Hip-Hop U: The First Wave Scholars

A film exploring the innovative work of students in the University of Wisconsin-Madison First Wave – Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives program.

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PBS WISCONSIN DIGITAL

Why Race Matters

A digital series elevating issues of importance affecting Wisconsin’s Black communities.

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Watch Eyes On The Prize (1990) with PBS Passport

Eyes on the Prize : Awakenings (1954-1956)PBS Wisconsin Passport

Eyes on the Prize

Awakenings (1954-1956)

Individual acts of courage inspire Black Southerners to fight for their rights.

Eyes on the Prize : Fighting Back (1957–1962)PBS Wisconsin Passport

Eyes on the Prize

Fighting Back (1957–1962)

States’ rights, loyalists, and federal authorities collide over school integration.

Eyes on the Prize : Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)PBS Wisconsin Passport

Eyes on the Prize

Ain't Scared of Your Jails (1960-1961)

Black college students take a leadership role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Eyes on the Prize : No Easy Walk (1961-1963)PBS Wisconsin Passport

Eyes on the Prize

No Easy Walk (1961-1963)

The Civil Rights Movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations.

Eyes on the Prize : Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964)PBS Wisconsin Passport

Eyes on the Prize

Mississippi - Is This America? (1963-1964)

Mississippi’s grassroots Civil Rights Movement becomes an American concern.

Eyes on the Prize : Bridge to Freedom (1965)PBS Wisconsin Passport

Eyes on the Prize

Bridge to Freedom (1965)

A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery,