Check out State of Change and our full Earth Month playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhRukBwR_eQ&list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4&index=5 Why are states with stringent environmental regulations dumping their toxic waste onto a poor Alabama town? Emelle, a rural Black Belt community in Sumter County, is home to one of the nation’s largest hazardous waste landfills with […]
Check out Untold Earth and our full Earth Month playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnNZYWyBGJ1F8ofFm4H9UTrHxqU8zngK4 Water isn’t just a resource — it’s a battleground where the sacred meets the stolen. As the Great Salt Lake loses its vitality, who gets clean water? Who profits from scarcity? And who gets left out to dry? […]
There’s a long history of blind Black musicians in the US dating back to the 19th century, from Blind Tom to Ray Charles. Join recording artist Lachi and Professor Danielle Bainbridge to discuss the history on why blindness seems like a common thread among Black musicians. And how modern musicians […]
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG Money isn’t actually valuable. It’s just pieces of metal, pieces of paper, or more recently, computer code. So how did money come to be such a driving force of modern life? Written […]
Why do Black audiences love kung fu? Perhaps it’s because Black kung fu films reigned in the 1970s – a fusion of Blaxploitation and kung fu where protagonists took justice into their own hands…in style! These films were wildly popular, a welcome response to the anger many people felt against […]
How did the first Black VA Hospital spark the fury of the KKK? Established in 1923, the Tuskegee Veterans Administration Hospital was the first and only hospital to provide equitable healthcare to African American Veterans returning from WWI. This historic institution faced fierce opposition from the KKK, who sought to […]
In this episode of Roots of Resistance, join Felecia as she delves into the age-old question: Is voting a privilege or a fundamental right? Explore the legacy of disenfranchisement in America and the ongoing struggle for voting rights, particularly for those with a felony conviction. An audio description is available […]
Check out Weathered: Earth’s Extremes: https://to.pbs.org/WeatheredITM The 1830 Indian Removal Act led to the forced relocation of nearly 50,000 Indigenous people. What happened to the ones that stayed? Since then, some Native American tribes have struggled for federal recognition by the U.S. government. This episode explains the complex process a […]
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG Subscribe to Origin of Everything! http://bit.ly/originsub How did Christopher Columbus invent the idea of “Cannibals?” While evidence of people who eat other people existed long before Columbus, the idea of tribes of […]
Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/DonateORIG Subscribe to Origin of Everything! http://bit.ly/originsub The holidays are here! And that means its time, food, gifts and lots and lots of family. It’s also that time of year, when you start […]
