“MLK: Celebrating the Legacy” is a look at the past, present and continued future impact of Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech on the Arizona community.

Community leaders across the Valley come together to reflect on the effects of the speech and how it has shaped the conversation of equality and diversity. Through this program, Arizona PBS seeks to to celebrate the legacy of Dr. King and encourage all people to actively work towards achieving the promise of freedom and justice for all.

“MLK: Celebrating the Legacy” was created in a partnership between Arizona PBS and the cities of Mesa, Tempe, Scottsdale, Chandler and Phoenix, the town of Gilbert and the East Valley Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee.

American Masters “How It Feels to Be Free”

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Witness the inspiring story of how six iconic African American female entertainers – Lena Horne, Abbey Lincoln, Nina Simone, Diahann Carroll, Cicely Tyson and Pam Grier – challenged an entertainment industry deeply complicit in perpetuating racist stereotypes, and transformed themselves and their audiences in the process.

Finding Your Roots

New episodes Tuesday at 7 p.m. with encores at Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m.
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For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

American Portrait

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This unique crowdsourced series blends stories filmed by everyday people into documentaries revealing what it really means to be American today. It’s the story of what brings us together and what keeps us apart as we strive to understand each other.

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song

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“The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song” will explore the 400-year-old story of the black church in America, the changing nature of worship spaces, and the men and women who shepherded them from the pulpit, the choir loft, and church pews.

The Long Song

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This three-part miniseries based on Andrea Levy’s award-winning novel about the end of slavery in Jamaica follows July (Tamara Lawrance), an indomitable, young slave who works on a sugarcane plantation with her detestable mistress, Caroline Mortimer (Hayley Atwell). Their lives change with the arrival of a new overseer, Robert Goodwin (Jack Lowden) who sets out to improve life on the plantation.

Charley Pride: American Masters

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Explore the complicated history of the American South and its music through the life of country star Charley Pride. Raised in segregated Mississippi, his journey shows the ways that artistic expression can triumph over prejudice and injustice.

American Experience “Goin’ Back to T-Town”

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Hear the extraordinary history of Greenwood, a successful Black community in segregated Tulsa. In a nostalgic celebration of old-fashioned neighborhood life, Black residents of “T-Town” relive their community’s remarkable rise and ultimate decline.

American Experience “Voice of Freedom”

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Explore the fascinating life of celebrated singer Marian Anderson. In 1939, after being barred from performing at Constitution Hall because she was Black, she triumphed at the Lincoln Memorial in what became a landmark moment in American history.

Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America

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Discover how the advent of the automobile brought new freedoms and new perils for African Americans on the road in this deep look into the dynamics of race, space and mobility in America over time.