Recorded on his 1994-1995 world tour, Always and Forever: An Evening of Songs at Royal Albert Hall features the legendary Luther Vandross at his most smooth and sensuous, performing his greatest hits and favorite covers. Watch Saturday, February 1 at 1am.

This episode relates stories of prominent African American mathematicians who struggled through adversity to achieve their goals. Contemporary mid-career Black mathematicians and their students describe the role of historically Black colleges in their success. We are also introduced to a range of innovative programs that help students at every level to imagine a future in math and STEM. Watch Saturday, February 2 at 3pm.

Since the earliest days of the Republic, African Americans have been part of the nation’s fighting force and fought to defend the very freedoms they could not enjoy as citizens. Two Wars: The Road to Integration is a half-hour program documenting the tremendous endeavor to integrate the U.S. Armed Forces and what that meant for Black service members and their families. The program features interviews with historians, veterans, and family members who trace the journey taken by Black service members before and after integration. Watch Saturday, February 1 at 4pm.

Additional Air Dates:
Friday, February 7 at 10:30pm.

Explore the authentic spiritual experience of African American gospel music in this performance documentary. Taped before a live audience at the Second Baptist Church congregation in Bloomington, Indiana, Rev. Dr. Raymond Wise guides viewers on an educational and uplifting experience while leading the Indiana University African American Choral Ensemble in a performance of sacred music deriving from African traditions. Watch Sunday, February 2 at 2pm.

This film explores the twists and turns of Garth Fagan's storied, collaborative, and prolific career. Viewers learn about the experiences that make up this Jamaican-American dance treasure and his body of work. The film looks at the creation of his multicultural dance company that incorporated African American, Jamaican and American dance styles into a new approach and dance technique. It also examines the challenges and successes along the way. Watch Sunday, February 2 at 3pm.

Additional Air Dates:
Wednesday, February 5 at 1:30am.

This is the story of a man who risked his life shepherding runaway slaves to freedom. Watch Monday, February 3 at 9pm.

The second wave of the Great Migration -- 1940-1970, when Northern and Western Black communities matured through migration and transformed the cultural and political power of Black America. Watch Tuesday, February 4 at 9pm.

Additional Air Dates:
Thursday, February 6 at 1:30am.

From harmony to heartbreak, inside the world of the early, unsung Black heroes of rock & roll whose voices shaped the music that endures. Music legend Kenny Vance opens a portal through the decades as we join him in the close-knit community of brilliantly distinctive artists who defined early rock & roll, united a generation and formed the foundation of the music that continues to live within us. Watch Wednesday, February 5 at 2:30am.

The unrecognized history of jazz in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is chronicled in this documentary. The hour-long documentary features the talents of international jazz legends George Benson, Ahmad Jamal, Stanley Turrentine, Billy Eckstine, Kenny Clarke, Art Blakey, Billy Strayhorn and Mary Lou Williams-all Pittsburghers. Watch Wednesday, February 5 at 4am.

Jerry Lawson was the original lead singer of the legendary group The Persuasions. Watch Thursday, February 6 at 3:30am.

HER VOICE CARRIES shares the stories of five quietly heroic women from Rochester, New York, a city facing serious challenges related to concentrated poverty. International mural artist Sarah Rutherford celebrates these ordinary-yet extraordinary women with inspiring voices, by creating large-scale street art murals that show each woman and the invisible work she does to create safe and stable spaces in her community. Watch Friday, February 7 at 3am.

Showcases Chic and Nile Rodgers at the Jazz à Vienne music festival in France. Together they perform a selection of Nile Rodgers-produced songs made famous by Diana Ross, David Bowie, Madonna, Duran Duran and Sister Sledge, plus a few of their own hits. Watch Saturday, February 8 at 1am.

A legacy of segregation and prejudice lies behind stories of African American mathematicians who attended majority White institutions. The film features several programs aimed at increasing the number of Blacks in the STEM fields. Established Black scholars pursue beauty and meaning in math, becoming role models for younger Black mathematicians who strive to shape new kinds of mathematics. Watch Saturday, February 8 at 3pm.

In 2019, the Black College Football Hall of Fame was officially welcomed to the campus of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Along with it came a celebration of the historically Black college and university brand of football. Black College Football Hall of Fame: Journey to Canton tells the story of the formation of Black college football, the contributions that players from historically Black colleges and universities have made to the NFL, the founding of its Hall of Fame, and why the Hall is in the unexpected location of Canton. Watch Saturday, February 8 at 4pm.

In 1890, Mississippi had 190,000 registered Black voters. By 1966, that number was reduced to 2,000 due to a complicated voter registration process. TRAINING FOR FREEDOM captures the transformational story of how idealistic college students and Black activist teachers came together at the height of the civil rights movement, in a small Midwestern town, for a two-week training session aimed at teaching Mississippi African Americans how to register to vote. Watch Monday, February 10 at 4:30am.

The early battle between Black civil rights leaders over the path to secure equality. Watch Monday, February 10 at 9pm

Additional Air Dates:
Monday, February 17 at 2:30am

Explore how the reverse migration of Black Americans to the South—driven by mass movements, economic change, and an ongoing struggle for freedom—continued to reshape the country. Watch Tuesday, February 11 at 9pm.

Additional Air Dates:
Thursday, February 13 at 1am

Explore Shakespeare’s love life in this ballet featuring music by Rhiannon Giddens. Watch Wednesday, February 12 at 2:05am.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs the elegant piece Deep River. Watch Wednesday, February 12 at 3:35am.

GOSPEL's hour 1 takes viewers north to Chicago, where southern migrants Thomas A. Dorsey, Mahalia Jackson and Sister Rosetta Tharpe fused blues and jazz with testimonies of God's goodness to create a genre enduring for generations. Hour 2 explores the Golden Age of Gospel - the dramatic explosion of Black sacred music and the segregated highways of the American South - which took the Lord's music into the mainstream. Watch both episodes back-to-back Thursday, February 13 at 3am.

Additional Air Dates:
Episode 1: Sunday, February 16 at 3pm.
Episode 2: Sunday, February 16 at 4pm.

Major Taylor: Champion of the Race retraces the life and legacy of an American civil rights pioneer who set more than 20 world records in track cycling during the heart of Jim Crow America. By the time he was in his early 20s, Major Taylor had captured the world cycling championship, the American cycling crown, and had set dozens of world track cycling records – all while having to endure withering racial pressures. Watch Friday, February 14 at 2:30am.

Hip Hop legends The Roots give an electrifying performance during their residency at the Kennedy Center. Beyond the stage, the band endeavors to inspire others and explore the depths of their creative potential. Watch Saturday, February 15 at 1am.

Go beyond the legend and meet the woman who repeatedly risked her own life and freedom to liberate others from slavery. One of the greatest freedom fighters in U.S. history, Tubman was an Underground Railroad conductor, a Civil War scout, and a spy. Watch Monday, February 17 at 12:30am.

Explore the role Fredrick Douglass played in securing the right to freedom for African Americans. Watch Monday, February 17 at 1:30am.

There are few historical figures whose life and work speak to the current moment more than Ida B. Wells, the 19th-century crusading investigative journalist, civil rights leader, and passionate suffragist. In the wake of her recent posthumous Pulitzer Prize citation, Chicago street naming, and the release of a revealing new biography by her great-granddaughter Michelle Duster, the hour-long documentary Ida B. Wells: American Stories tells her story as never before. Watch Monday, February 17 at 3:30am.

This documentary examines the life of civil rights legend Fannie Lou Hamer, offering first-hand accounts by those who knew her and worked side by side with her in the struggle for voting rights. Watch Monday, February 17 at 4:30am.

Mamie Lang Kirkland left Mississippi to escape racial violence and did not return for a century. Watch Monday, February 17 at 9pm.

Baratunde explores the hottest place on Earth and finds it is remarkably full of life. Meet an ultra-marathoner who runs in the brutal heat of summer, the mayor of a town of one, and an elder of the Timbisha Shoshone tribe. Watch Tuesday, February 18 at 1am.

Hear the story of African and Caribbean immigrants in the United States and examine their profound impact on American culture and what it means to be Black in America. Watch Tuesday, February 18 at 9pm.

Additional Air Dates: 
Thursday, February 20 at 1am

Discover music icon Roberta Flack’s rise to stardom and triumphs over racism and sexism. Watch Wednesday, February 19 at 1am.

The life and career of one of the most popular rhythm and blues singers of the 1960s are chronicled. Watch Wednesday, February 19 at 2:30am.

Don Lewis, an African American musician/inventor/engineer battles technical barriers and institutional racism in his quest to change the world's musical landscape. His pioneering spirit, technological vision and musical mastery would go on to shape the sounds of Electronic Music. Watch Wednesday, February 19 at 3:30am.

You are never too famous to escape racism and racial profiling. Awadagin Pratt is a renowned concert pianist, composer, and violinist. The documentary AWADAGIN PRATT: BLACK IN AMERICA confronts issues of privilege and racism in America and tells a personal account of an all-too-common experience for many people of color in America and worldwide. Watch Wednesday, February 19 at 4:30am.

In GOSPEL's hour 3, gospel family dynasties dominate the charts while other children of the church use their musical prowess to influence soul music. Black pastors also distinguish their sound with prophetic voices and sermonettes. Hour 4 explores the movement that brought songs about faith to millions at clubs, on cable TV and on urban radio. Watch both episodes back-to-back Thursday, February 20 at 3am.

Additional Air Dates:
Episode 3: Sunday, February 23 at 3pm.
Episode 4: Sunday, February 23 at 4pm.

Learn how a prep school achieves near 100 percent college acceptance for inner-city boys. Watch Friday, February 21 at 2am.

Learn about jazz artist Hazel Scott, the first Black American to have their own TV show. Watch Friday, February 21 at 9pm.

This one hour special celebrates the music of two-time Academy Award-nominee and seven-time Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard. In February 2023, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra presented two evenings of Blanchard's work, shining a light on his musical genius and groundbreaking compositions. During the first night, soprano Karen Slack and baritone Nicholas Newton joined the DSO and conductor Maurice Cohn for the first orchestral performance of selections from Fire Shut Up in My Bones, Blanchard's opera. Fire Shut Up in My Bones was the first opera that The Metropolitan Opera had staged by a Black composer in its 138-year history. The following evening, Blanchard and his band, the E-Collective, along with the Turtle Island String Quartet, presented a set from Absence, his latest jazz album release. Watch Saturday, February 22 at 1am.

Making Black America showcases Black people’s ability to define Blackness in America. Watch Monday, February 24 at 1am.

Hour two explores the nation within a nation built by Black Americans out of necessity. Watch Monday, February 24 at 2am.

This hour of Making Black America focuses on organizing for change in the Black community. Watch Monday, February 24 at 3am.

From Black Power to Black Twitter, hour four reveals safe spaces created by Black America. Watch Monday, February 24 at 4am.

Father and son bond on an ambitious 350-mile bike ride in this portrait of familial love. Watch Monday, February 24 at 9:30pm.

Meet Walter White, the NAACP's longtime leader and one of the most influential but least known figures in civil rights history. Under his leadership, the NAACP paved the way for Black power at the ballot box and scored important legal victories. Watch Tuesday, February 25 at 9pm.

A story of passion, opportunity, heartbreak and triumph of the human spirit. Set in the overwhelmingly white world of classical dance, it tells the stories of several black women from different generations who fell in love with ballet. Sixty years ago, while pursuing their dreams of careers in classical dance, Joan Myers Brown, Delores Browne and Raven Wilkinson (the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's first black ballerina) confronted racism, exclusion and unequal opportunity in segregated mid-century America. In 2015, three young black women also pursue careers as ballerinas, and find that many of the same obstacles their predecessors faced are still evident in the ballet world today. Through interviews with current and former ballet dancers along with engaging archival photos and film, the one-hour documentary uses the ethereal world of ballet to engage viewers on a subject that reaches far outside the art world and compels viewers to think about larger issues of exclusion, equal opportunity and change. Watch Wednesday, February 26 at 1am.

Experience this powerful opera with a libretto by Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage. Watch Wednesday, February 26 at 2am.

This documentary profiles the inspirational life and distinguished career of the revered harpist. This compelling documentary follows Ann Hobson Pilot's trailblazing journey as the first black female principal player in a major symphony orchestra and also as an international soloist, teacher, mentor and driving force behind music-education programs for underserved minorities. A HARPIST'S LEGACY uses her professional journey to explore the increasing racial diversity and shift in attitudes toward musicians of color in the classical music world. Watch Wednesday, February 26 at 4:30am.

An intimate portrait of the quiet genius who brought the upright bass into the spotlight. Watch Thursday, February 27 at 3am.

An encore of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (original broadcast August 14, 1989). Watch Friday, February 28 at 2am.