Tell Them We Are Rising - Separate But Unequal - Clip
In this excerpt from the Independent Lens film Tell Them We Are Rising, Thurgood Marshall, after graduating Howard U. law school, takes a road trip in 1934 with dean Charles Hamilton Houston to the deep South. There they document on film the abject poverty in which African American children attend school, as proof the constitutionally accepted "separate but equal" was anything but.
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Assembly - S27 E14
Artist Rashaad Newsome prepares to showcase a groundbreaking exhibit at New York's Park Avenue Armory which honors Black and queer resistance and calls for a more liberated future.
- Monday June 22, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET
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True North: Canadian Myths and Black Power - S27 E15
Revisit 1968 Montreal, where Black liberation movements converged at the Congress of Black Writers. As student protests ignited the Sir George Williams Affair, Black youth faced violent repression, unfolding a powerful chapter of the global Black Power era.
- Monday July 6, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET
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Flood - S27 E4
A filmmaker revisits her evangelical roots to find connection with her estranged father. Their journey becomes a portrait of empathy and resilience as they find new ways to listen and bridge divides.
- Monday July 13, 2026 10:00 pm ET on KET
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Third Act - S27 E13
- Wednesday May 27, 2026 3:30 am ET on KET
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