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- An epic two-part documentary film that re-examines the history of African people in America.
- In 1908, on the fifteenth of January at historically-black Howard University in Washington, D.C., nine coeds, led by Ethel Hedgeman, courageously broke with tradition and founded the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, or "A-K-A", the first college sorority started and incorporated by African American women.
- Abraham Lincoln is dead. As the United States tries to rebuild after the Civil War, the country faces the immense problem of taking care of four million emancipated slaves, but the Ku Klux Klan and a racist White House stand in the way
- In the Hour of Chaos is a 2016 American documentary film directed by Bayer Mack about the life and trials of the Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. ("Daddy King"), father of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
- The Czar of Black Hollywood is a documentary film chronicling the early life and career of African-American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951). Oscar Micheaux was a towering figure even by today's standards. He was not only America's preeminent black filmmaker for three decades, but also the country's most prolific; having directed or produced 22 silent movies and 15 talking pictures during his illustrious, yet tumultuous career. The Czar of Black Hollywood uses archival film, photos, illustrations and music to weave a compelling narrative of Micheaux's early life and his production of the first feature length silent film and sound motion picture by an African-American.
- The illustrious songwriting production team of Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff were the architects of the Philly Sound and the founders of Philadelphia International Records which dominated popular black music in the 1970s and rivaled Motown to become America's second largest black-owned record company.
- Featured are two delightful personalities: the charming host and the quirky, all-knowing NASA JPL Satellite, Jason 2, who provides the viewer with just the facts ma'am and whose voice is narrated by William Bell.
- Sylvia Vanderpool-Robinson (March 6, 1936 - September 29, 2011) was an American singer, musician, record producer, and record label executive. She was best known for her work as founder/CEO of the hip hop label Sugar Hill Records. She is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the genre; "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang, and "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.
- George E. Johnson, Sr. turned a $250 loan into an international cosmetics empire.
- A black businessman is inspired to create a national beauty pageant for African-American women after his young daughters say they want to be Miss America when they grow up, not knowing the title is segregated.
- Featured are two delightful personalities: the charming host and the quirky, all-knowing NASA JPL Satellite, Jason 2, who provides the viewer with just the facts ma'am and whose voice is narrated by William Bell.
- No Lye: An American Beauty Story chronicles the rise and decline of the black-owned ethnic beauty industry in America.
- Featured are two delightful personalities: the charming host and the quirky, all-knowing NASA JPL Satellite, Jason 2, who provides the viewer with just the facts ma'am and whose voice is narrated by William Bell.
- A film that deconstructs the mythology surrounding Playboy magazine and its publisher, Hugh Hefner.
- Radio One founder Catherine L. Hughes went from a single mom in the housing projects to the head of a billion-dollar publicly-traded company.
- The Last Black Action Hero tells the story of how Eddie Murphy became Hollywood's most bankable leading man of the 1980s, and examines his subsequent decline.
- Featured are two delightful personalities, in addition to the charming host. One is the quirky, all-knowing NASA JPL Satellite, Jason 2, who provides the viewer with just the facts ma'am and whose voice is narrated by William Bell. The other is the show's guest performer, Oya Thomas, the gifted author, singer/songwriter, actress and spiritual mentor who discusses her new book The 5 Star Points for Success and performs an inspiring song from her new album Spirit of Oya.
- The second installment of Bayer Mack's award-winning documentary, "Black Seeds: The History of Africans in America", looks at the black fight for freedom after the execution of abolitionist John Brown.