BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2018 PROGRAM GUIDE

This February, WETA Television recognizes Black History Monthwith special programming that highlights the African-Americanexperience. Schedule subject to change; visit weta.org for completelistings and local resources. All programs air on both WETA TV 26/HD.

Friday, February 2 • 9pmGREAT PERFORMANCES: NAS LIVE FROM THE KENNEDYCENTER: CLASSICAL HIP-HOP— Witness the groundbreakinghip-hop artist perform a symphonic rendition of his seminal debutalbum “Illmatic” with the National Symphony Orchestra. Nas paints a densely textured lyrical portrait of life in a New York City publichousing project. Repeats Sun 2/4, 2:30 pm; Sat 2/10, 11pm

Friday, February 2 • 10pmINDEPENDENT LENS: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO— The filmenvisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is aradical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, usingBaldwin’s original words, spoken by Samuel L. Jackson and aflood of rich archival material. This is a journey into black historythat connects the past of the civil rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter.

INDEPENDENT LENS: I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, courtesy ©Dan Budnik

Tuesday, February 6 • 11pmFATS DOMINO: AMERICAN MASTERS— The biography series explores how the musical artist’s brand of New Orleans rhythmand blues became rock ‘n’ roll. As popular as Elvis Presley,Domino suffered degradations in the pre-civil rights South andaided integration through his music. Repeats Mon 2/12, 2pm;Wed 2/14, 2:30pm

Wednesday, February 7 • 11pmINDEPENDENT LENS: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE— A documentary spotlights the story of the pioneering African-American photographers – men and women, celebrated andanonymous – who have recorded the lives and aspirations ofgenerations, from slavery to the present. Repeats Wed 2/7, 11pm

Friday, February 9 • 9pmSMOKEY ROBINSON: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSGERSHWIN PRIZE FOR POPULAR SONG — Get your toes tappin’ and your memories ignited during this celebration

INDEPENDENT LENS: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE, courtesy Lyle Ashton Harris in collaboration with Thomas Allen Harris

Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. During his career, Robinson released dozens of Top-40 hits and added more than 4,000 songs tohis legacy songbook – reading like a playlist of Motown’s greatest hits!

Friday, February 9 • 10:30pm BB KING: THE LIFE OF RILEY: AMERICAN MASTERS — The biography explores the musical artist’s challenging life and careerthrough candid interviews with the “King of the Blues,” filmed shortlybefore his death, and fellow music stars, including Bono, BonnieRaitt, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, John Mayer and Ringo Starr.

Sunday, February 11 • 1:30pm AN EVENING WITH ERIC HOLDER— A one-on-one interviewprovides a rare inside look into the life and career of Eric Holder, thefirst African-American to hold the position of U.S. Attorney General.

Sunday, February 11 • 2:30pm THE MARCH — The documentary spotlights the August 1963March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his stirring “I Have a Dream” speech. Repeats Sat 2/17, 11pm

SMOKEY ROBINSON: THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE, courtesy Smokey Robinson; B.B. KING: THE LIFE OF RILEY: AMERICAN MASTERS, courtesy Kevin Nixon

Sunday, February 11 • 3:30pm JOHN LEWIS: GET IN THE WAY— Whether advancing civilrights in the 1960s or leading a sit-in for gun control in the U.S. Houseof Representatives in 2016, Congressman John Lewis “gets in theway.” In this riveting narrative, audiences meet a human rightschampion who stands up for injustice wherever he finds it usingstrategy, legislation and direct action.

Tuesday, February 13 • 2:30pmAUGUST WILSON: THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND:AMERICAN MASTERS — Meet August Wilson, “America’sShakespeare,” from his roots as an activist and poet to his indeliblemark on Broadway. This biography chronicles Wilson’s triumphs and struggles along the path to such seminal works as Fences and The Piano Lesson. Repeats Wed 2/14, 1pm; Fri 2/16, 11pm

Friday, February 16 • 9pm MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE: AMERICAN MASTERS— Through interviews, rare archival photographs, and her ownwords, learn about Maya Angelou’s incredible journey from herupbringing in the Depression-era South to her many successes asan author, poet and civil rights activist. Repeats Fri 2/23, noon

JOHN LEWIS: GET IN THE WAY, courtesy Early Light Productions; AUGUST WILSON: THE GROUND ON WHICH I STAND, courtesy Chris Bennion

Sunday, February 18 • 1:30pm BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE — OUT OFTHE SHADOW/MOVE ON UP — In part one of this four-hourprogram, Harvard scholar and WETA partner Henry Louis Gates,Jr., looks at the last five decades of African American historysince the major civil rights victories of the 1960s. His premise isthis: If Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. came back and asked whathad happened in the last half-century since his passing, whatwould you tell him?

Sunday, February 18 • 3:30pm BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE — KEEPYOUR HEAD UP/TOUCH THE SKY — In part two of this four-hour series, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. continues to explore thetremendous gains and persistent challenges of the post-civilrights years, examining major events and turning points in American race relations.

MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE: AMERICAN MASTERS, courtesy OWN; BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE, courtesy AP Photo/Jack Thomell

Monday, February 19 • 9pm INDEPENDENT LENS: TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THESTORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES— A filmexplores the pivotal role historically black colleges and universities(HBCUs) have played over the course of 150 years in Americanhistory, culture and identity. Stanley Nelson's film reveals the richhistory of HBCUs and the power of higher education to transformlives and advance civil rights and equality in the face of injustice.Repeats Tue 2/20, 4:30pm; Wed 2/21, 3pm

Monday, February 19 • 10:30pm INDEPENDENT LENS: THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARDOF THE REVOLUTION — Film director Stanley Nelson revisits theturbulent 1960s, when a new revolutionary culture emerged withthe Black Panther Party at the vanguard. Repeats Tue 2/20,2:30pm; Wed 2/21, 1pm; Sun 2/25, 3:30pm

INDEPENDENT LENS: TELL THEM WE ARE RISING: THE STORY OF BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, courtesy Spelman College

Friday, February 23 • 11pmAN EVENING WITH THE HISTORY MAKERS: CHICAGO STORIES— A unique program, drawing from over 400 interviewswith African Americans across the city of Chicago, and taking theaudience down a path both of remembrance and of celebration of therich history and legacy of Chicago's African-American community.

WETA TV 26: Via antenna: 26.4 • Comcast: 26 • Cox: 26, 802Verizon FiOS: 26 • RCN: 26

WETA HD: Via antenna: 26.1 • DISH Network: 8076Comcast: 800 (D.C.), 219 (Baltimore) • DirecTV: 26, 26-1

Cox: 1026 (Fairfax), 1003 (Fredericksburg)Verizon FiOS: 526 • RCN: 613

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INDEPENDENT LENS: THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARD OF THE REVOLUTION, courtesy Stephen ShamesOn the cover: INDEPENDENT LENS: THROUGH A LENS DARKLY: BLACK PHOTOGRAPHERS AND THE

EMERGENCE OF A PEOPLE, courtesy Lyle Ashton Harris in collaboration with Thomas Allen Harris