Black History Month Recommended Programs
We invite you to celebrate Black History Month with a closer look at the lives of the many Black Americans who have made indelible marks on history with their artistry, achievements, leadership, and community activism. From the heroes of the past to the visionaries of the present, WGVU Public Media is committed to bringing you content that educates, inspires, informs, and entertains.
Please Note: Access to PBS Passport will be required to watch some of these programs. PBS Passport is available to our Sustaining Members who contribute at least $5 per month (or $60+ annually) to WGVU
WGVU Original Programs
Mutually Inclusive
A WGVU initiative in partnership with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation using on-air programs and community events to explore issues of inclusion and equity through a unique lens.
Kalamazoo Lively Arts
A showcase of unique local talent in the arts and entertainment field. Viewers get up close and personal to the many organizations, storytellers, and creative people who believe in the power and passion of Art in Kalamazoo.
Other Local Programs
PBS National Programs
GOSPEL and GOSPEL LIVE!
An exploration of gospel music, the dominant form of African-American religious expression, hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.!
Arts/Performances
- American Masters, Basquiat: Rage to Riches
- American Masters, In The Making
- American Masters, Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
- American Masters, Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
- American Masters, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
- American Masters, Roberta Flack
- Austin City Limits, Allen Toussaint
- Austin City Limits, Leon Bridges/Khruangbin
- Austin City Limits, Lil Yachty/Sudan Archives
- Austin City Limits, Jon Batiste
- Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future
- Next At The Kennedy Center, Let My Children Hear Mingus
- Next At The Kennedy Center, The Roots Residency
Documentary/Biographical
- Alabama Public Television Documentaries - SHUTTLESWORTH
- America Reframed – The Cost of Inheritance
- American Experience, The Busing Battleground
- American Experience, Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming A Space
- American Experience, Goin' Back to T-Town
- American Experience, The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
- American Experience, Jesse Owens
- American Masters: How It Feels to Be Free
- Beyond the Baton: A Conductor's Journey
- Black Ballerina
- Crossing Overtown
- Dream Whisperer
- Eyes on the Prize
- Finding Fellowship
- Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World
- Ghosts of Amistad: In the Footsteps of the Rebels
- Independent Lens – Racist Trees
- Independent Lens – Owned: A Tale of Two Americas
- Independent Lens – The Big Payback
- Jackie Robinson
- Muhammad Ali
- Nova, Lee and Liza's Family Tree
- POV – Brief Tender Light
- POV – Let the Little Light Shine
- POV – Murders That Matter
- POV – POV Shorts: Shut Up and Paint
- Programs with Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.
- The Tuskegee Airmen: Return to Ramitelli
- Through the Banks of the Red Cedar
STREAM ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
