Canvassers for marriage equality take the issues to the street corner.
Differences of opinion about LGBT lifestyles emerge during a family gathering.
Behind the Rainbow is a behind-the-scenes look at South Africa's seemingly miraculous transformation.
Do limited options make drugs seem like opportunities?
The Wire's David Simon on the downsides of the drug war.
Good to you vs. good for you
In 1961, a brash 39-year-old social worker named Whitney Young set out to break the corporate color barrier.
The filmmaker pounds the pavement for black history.
Does Confederate history mesh with black history?
Learn about Philadelphia's innovative black history requirement.
A civil rights firebrand still inspires fascination and fear.
A point where caution ends and cowardice begins.
A miscarriage of justice or conspiracy to silence?
A civil rights hero who put her life on the line.
Turning a childhood tragedy into the pursuit of justice.
Retiring from the struggle, but not from the cause.
Desperately seeking Southern hospitality.
No pride in prejudice.
Finding common ground through discrimination.
Who Was SAMO?
He had a talent for transforming street energies into high art.
In a pretrial interview, Dr. William Bernet listens as Cyntonia recounts a painful past.
Cyntoia's adoptive mother struggles to understand why she missed the warning signs.
In prison, Cyntoia tries to recuperate her own self-esteem after years of abuse.
Prejudice and politics wounded Conrad deeply, but in the media she appeared stoic.
"What the photographer is to the painter is what the modern producer is to the instrumentalist."
"They say I’m the world’s number one sampledest drummer. I haven’t got a penny for it yet though."
"You can’t put soul in a bottle. You can’t quantify soul by a person who’s just got a briefcase."
"Professor Herskovits seemed to think sometimes that he owned Africa."