KET has created a curated list of programs and educational resources that examine the history and continued impact of racism and racial disparities in America. The programs and resources are part of KET’s ongoing commitment to deepen understanding and foster conversation in the pursuit of meaningful change. The full list of programs, including broadcast and streaming, and resources can be found at KET.org/RaceInAmerica.

On Monday, June 15, KET will air two specials. First, at 8/7 pm on KET and KET.org/live, a special report, Kentucky Tonight: State of Unrest, looks at how demonstrators across Kentucky and the nation are demanding racial justice after the recent police-involved killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The program also examines moving beyond protests to meaningful change.

Following Kentucky Tonight: State of Unrest, the PBS special America in Black and Blue 2020 features reports from across the country and interviews with key leaders and participants in the struggle for racial justice, accountability, and equity, as well as voices from law enforcement. This program is an update reporting from the original America in Black and Blue, which first aired in 2016, as well as The Talk – Race in America. Correspondents will report from Minneapolis, Georgia, New York and elsewhere. The program airs at 9/8 pm on KET and KET.org/live.

Streaming content featured on KET.org/RaceInAmerica includes:

Race Matters: America in Crisis: A PBS NewsHour Special
The one-hour program, anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff, focuses on the frustration pouring out onto American streets, outrage about police brutality, and America’s deep systemic racial disparities in the economy, education, criminal justice system and health care, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise (Parts 1 and 2)
Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise looks at the last five decades of African American history since the major civil rights victories through the eyes of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., exploring the tremendous gains and persistent challenges of these years.

Black in Blue
The film tells the story of four African American football players at the University of Kentucky who broke the color line in the Southeastern Conference in the 1960s.

Frontline: A Class Divided
One day in 1968, Jane Elliott, a teacher in a small, all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and gave them a daring lesson in discrimination.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
A riveting look at an earlier era of conflict and how the Black Panthers provided community services while advocating for more radical national change.

The Talk: Race in America
The documentary, which first aired in 2017, tells six stories of struggle between people of color and law enforcement in America.

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