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Channel 27: Alameda, Berkeley
Channel 28: Emeryville, Piedmont, Oakland
AT&T U-Verse Channel 99

DR. EDDIE HENDERSON: UNCOMMON GENIUS
2/04 (Tue) @ 6pm        
2/16 (Sun) @ 7:30pm        
2/20 (Thur) @ 3pm        

Directed and Produced by Michelle Bauer Carpenter
Salina Star Route Production
DR. EDDIE HENDERSON: UNCOMMON GENIUS tells the remarkable life story of renowned African American jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player Eddie Henderson. He was born on October 26, 1940, in New York City. His father was a singer with the Charioteers, and his mother was a dancer at the Cotton Club. Henderson was exposed to music as a child and received his first trumpet lesson at nine from Louis Armstrong. His intellectual curiosity, need for exploration, and athleticism led him down many career paths, including figure skating, medicine, and music. At 82, Eddie Henderson continues to perform and record today, cementing his legacy as one of his generation's most versatile and talented jazz musicians.

ROSA PARKS: THE FIRST LADY OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
2/05 (Wed) @ 6pm        
2/07 (Fri) @ 3:30pm        
2/10 (Mon) @ 12pm        

Civil rights activist Rosa Parks was born a granddaughter to former slaves, on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus in December of 1955, spurred a city-wide boycott and unleashed nationwide efforts to end segregation of public facilities. Rosa was prepared to sacrifice everything, making her the role model of Racial Injustice and The First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement. Parks' act of defiance and the Montgomery Bus Boycott became the catalyst that helped launch important symbols of the modern Civil Rights Movement. She became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. Her determination and perseverance became a focal point with civil rights leaders, including Edgar Nixon, president of the local chapter of the NAACP; and Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1964 Congress passed the Civil Rights Act - legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. Rosa Parks received many accolades during her lifetime, including the NAACP's highest award the Spingarn Medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom the Congressional Gold Medal. Rosa died in 1977 and was chosen as the first woman ever to lie in honor at the Capitol Rotunda.

LANGSTON HUGHES: POET, SOCIAL ACTIVIST, NOVELIST, PLAYWRIGHT & LITERARY GIANT
2/12 (Wed) @ 6pm        
2/14 (Fri) @ 3:30pm        
2/17 (Mon) @ 12pm        

An American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist, Langston Hughes was first recognized as an important literary figure during the 1920s, a period known as the "Harlem Renaissance," a cultural movement made famous because of the number of emerging black writers, poets and scholars. Hughes, more than any other black poet or writer, recorded faithfully the nuances of black life and its frustrations and was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry. Hughes lived in several US cities, then traveled abroad extensively, first as a seaman, and later as a war correspondent. In 1934 Hughes's first short story collection The Ways of White Folks, was published. It looked at the humorous and tragic interactions between races but was tinged with pessimism. He went on to write countless works of poetry, prose, and plays and had a popular column for the Chicago Defender. Hughes was a literary giant, always faithful to his belief that "most people are generally good, in every race and in every country where I have been." In 1960, the NAACP awarded Hughes the Spingarn Medal for distinguished achievement by a black American, calling him the "poet laureate of the Negro race."

LEARN ABOUT THE FIRST BLACK WOMEN IN SPACE EXPLORATION & THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN TO TRAVEL INTO SPACE
2/19 (Wed) @ 6pm        
2/21 (Fri) @ 3:30pm        
2/24 (Mon) @ 12pm        

In the pioneer days of space exploration, African American women took on the role of "Human Computers". These "Human Computers" measured the complicated equations by hand, designing complex mathematical and integrated calculations that enabled America to champion the success of USA's Space Program introduced by President John F. Kennedy. The African American women "Computers" provided a critical role in advancing NASA and its mandate. Margot Lee Shetterly. Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Dorothy Vaughan were especially prominent during this period in history and with their tenacity and wisdom helped one of the first American astronauts, John Glenn, orbit Earth in 1962 and ensured the safe return of the spacecraft and its astronaut. This program includes their stories along with many other African-American women dedicated to space exploration as military pilots, engineers, scientists, and physicians. These women have made American history with contributions that include participating in space shuttle missions to perform critical tasks such as deploying and retrieving satellites, performing spacewalks, conducting science and technology research, and designing and implementing rocket propulsion vessels for the robotic exploration of space. Featuring: Margot Lee Shetterly, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Jeanette Jo Epps, Jessica Watkins, Stephanie D. Wilson, Mae C. Jemison and Yvonne Carroll.

EXTRAORDINARY BLACK BROADCASTERS AND JOURNALISTS: THE GREAT COMMUNICATORS
2/26 (Wed) @ 6pm        
2/28 (Fri) @ 3:30pm        
3/03 (Mon) @ 12pm        

This program depicts the lives and careers of these trailblazing men and women who lead the world in Global Communication. It examines the extraordinary journeys of black men and women in the field of Broadcast Media and Journalism and how they used their talents to educate, entertain, and communicate to millions of audiences throughout the world. Highlighting their accomplishments and achievements, this program focuses on their place in history, what their lives were like, what they accomplished, and the obstacles they faced. Their common thread of determination, courage, and commitment is consistent as a universal theme in each of their lives. Featuring Bernard Shaw, Oprah Winfrey, Bryant Gumbel, Stephen A. Smith, Kenny Smith, Harris Falkner, Hoda Kotb, Whoopi Goldberg, Lester Holt, Ida Wells, Victor Hugo Green and many others.

MERRITT COLLEGE: HOME OF THE BLACK PANTHERS
2/07 (Fri) @ 2:30pm        
2/13 (Thur) @7pm        
2/17 (Mon) @ 8pm        
2/19 (Wed) @ 12pm        
2/23 (Sun) @ 11am        

You can also watch the full documentary anytime on Peralta Colleges’ YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/54wYflGYMrw

A Peralta TV Production
In honor of the anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, Peralta TV is broadcasting its award-winning documentary “MERRITT COLLEGE: HOME OF THE BLACK PANTHERS,” narrated by U. S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee, it is a powerful film that chronicles the birth of the Black Panther Party at Merritt College during the politically, socially and economically turbulent 1960s. 
It is a compelling story about social justice and political activism told through rare interviews with party members, featuring original artwork from Panther publications as well as rarely seen photos and archival videos.

Watch this comprehensive and informative historical documentary on one of the most controversial and effective social movements in the United States in the past 50 years. October 1966 began a movement that 58 years later is still one of the staples in the history of social change in this country.

THE ROAD TO JUSTICE
2/10 (Mon) @ 8pm        
2/18 (Tue) @ 6:30pm        
2/27 (Thur) @ 1:30pm        

A film by Kaliya Warren and Brendan Hall 
Executive Produced by André Robert Lee
A unique tour through the South reveals the power of place-based learning in understanding the Civil Rights Movement. Does the arc of history truly bend towards justice? And what does justice mean, when the problems of our past are only a grandparent away? How can we heal as a nation without honestly engaging with our history?

THE ROAD TO JUSTICE follows two groups on a civil rights tour through the American South as they reckon with the country's legacy of racial injustice. The first is a group of predominantly Black middle school students from Chicago, and the second is a group of older mostly white Americans who lived through the 1960s Civil Rights era. Both groups come face to face with the leaders and everyday activists whose courage and perseverance paved the way for future generations. The film is a testament to the power of education and direct experience in creating transformational change, both within one's self and in the world at large.

BARRY FARM: COMMUNITY, LAND AND JUSTICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
2/15 (Sat) @ 8:30pm        
2/23 (Sun) @ 4pm                
2/28 (Fri) @ 1pm            

Directed by Sabiyha Prince and Samuel George
Produced by The Bertelsmann Foundation (North America), Inc. (BFNA) and DC Legacy Project 
This documentary film tells the story of a journey for community, land, and justice. It is a story of Barry Farm, but it is also a story of Washington, D.C. And, in the cycles of place and displacement, it is a story of the United States of America.