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Black History Month Programming

CBS
02/24/02 - The Rosa Parks Story - Starring Angela Bassett, this
movie
chronicles Rosa Parks tale as the mother of the Civil Rights
movement.
9:00pm

PBS
02/13/02 Huey P. Newton Story - An intimate portrait of the late
Black
Panther co-founder. 9:00pm; 02/16/02 - 1:00am

02/13/02 Hosea: In His Own Words - The Rev. Hosea Williams passed
on November 16, 2000, ending the life but not the legacy of one of
the
civil
rights movement's most dramatic and controversial leaders. His
passing
was
not unexpected; the man everyone knew as Hosea had battled cancer
since
1997.
The reaction to his passing also was not unexpected; thousands
turned
out
for
services in the memory of one who stood alongside the Rev. Dr.
Martin
Luther
King Jr. during much of the turbulent civil rights movement.

Earlier that year, Georgia Public Television conducted the last
long-form
interview with Williams, shortly before he became seriously ill.
During
the
interview, Williams talks about his life as a Southern African
American,

his
early career in Savannah, Georgia, and, in Atlanta as a
businessman, how
he
made his decision to become a civil rights activist and, finally,
his
views
about the status of blacks and black leaders today in America. In
his
last
interview before his death, the Rev. Hosea Williams shares insight
about

the
fight for civil rights. 10:30pm

02/17/02 - Africans In America - This series of four 90-minute
programstakes
viewers on a journey through the birth of America -- from Jamestown
in
1607
to the start of the Civil War in 1861 -- and shows the dramatic
impact
of
the
struggle over slavery and freedom in shaping the country. Angela
Bassett

narrates the series. Visit the national Africans in America

The Terrible Transformation
This episode examines the origins of one of the largest forced
human
migrations in recorded history. After the arrival of the first
Africans
in
Virginia in 1619, the British colonies lay the groundwork for a
system
of
racial slavery, which generates profits that ensure the colonies'
growth

and
survival. 2:00pm & 02/19 12 Midnight

Revolution While the American Colonies Challenge Britain for
Independence -
American slavery is challenged from within as men and women fight
to
define
what America will be. When the War of Independence is won, black
people,

both
enslaved and free, seize on the language of freedom even while the
new
nation's Constitution codifies slavery and oppression as a national
way
of
life. 3:30pm & 02/20 Midnight

02/21/02 - Africans In America
Brotherly Love - This episode explores the first 50 years of the
new
nation.
In Philadelphia, freedmen and fugitive slaves push the country to
live
up
to the promises made in its Constitution. But with the invention of
the
cotton gin, slavery expands into America's western frontier, and a
revolution in Haiti inspires slave rebellions throughout the
southern
United
States.
Midnight & 02/24 2:00pm

02/22/02 - Africans In America
Judgment Day
The nation expands westward; slavery becomes the most
divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring
the
institution down and the nation is tested as never before. As
tensions
over slavery erupts into violence, Americans are forced to consider
how
long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits
of
bondage. Midnight & 02/24 3:30pm

02/18/02 A Century Of Black Cinema - Clips and interviews with
filmmakers, performers and historians document 100 years of
African-Americans in the movies.
9:00pm; 02/23 6:00pm; 02/24 Midnight; 02/24 5:00pm.

02/19/02 Ralph Ellison's King Of The Bingo Game - A desperate
Harlem
man unable to support his pregnant wife hopes that chance will come
to
his rescue. 10:30pm & 02/20 1:30am

02/19/02 Wrapped in Pride: The Story Of Kente In America - The
origin
of kente weaving, which began in the West African Republic of
Ghana, and

how it has been affected by modern culture. 1:30am & 02/23 2:30am

02/24/02 - Bicycle Corps: America's Black Army On Wheels - In the
1890s, the United States Army thought it could replace the horse
with
the
newly developed and highly popular 'safety bicycle.' Testing this
theory,
the army sent 20 African-American soldiers on a ride from Fort
Missoula,

Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri -- 2,000 miles away. This program
traces

the
group's route across the American West through the eyes of two of
its
riders: the enthusiastic white officer and a black first sergeant
whose

experience
guided and motivated the enlisted men. 10:00pm & 02/27 1:00am

CABLE - Biography
2/7/02: Biography. Gladys Knight: A Knight's Tale - The life of the
legendary Motown superstar. As lead singer for the group Gladys
Knight
and the Pips, she's had the success most people only dream about,
but
she's
also struggled with three failed marriages, single motherhood, a
gambling addiction, and the sudden tragic loss of her oldest son.
8:00pm

2/25/02: Biography. Billie Holiday - Using rare archive footage and
interviews with close friends, we profile the great jazz singer,
who is
as
famous today for the spectacular excesses of her life as for the
equally

spectacular achievements of her art. 8:00pm

Lifetime - Intimate Portraits - All times are 7:00pm
02/05/02 - Robin Givens
02/07/02 - Lisa Gay-Hamilton - From The Practice
02/11/02 - Kim Fields
02/12/02 - Jasmine Guy
02/13/02 - Star Jones
02/14/02 - Marian Wright Edelman
02/21/02 - Brandy
02/28/02 Phylicia Rashad

TV Land
02/01/02 - Inside TV Land: African Americans In Television
premieres Friday, February 1 (9:00-10:00pm ET/PT). All three
installments > >will be shown together Friday, March 1
(9:00pm-Midnight).

Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television explores the impact
of
African Americans, both in front of and behind the camera, in three
installments covering three different genres of television:
variety,
drama,
and comedy.
The three-part special, airing each Friday night in February at
9:00 pm
(ET/PT), includes both new and archival interviews providing
first-person
accounts of the evolution of the African American experience on
television.
From the early days in television and the controversial Amos & Andy
to the present, the portrayal of African Americans on television
mirrors

society's prejudice and bias.

In each episode, the actors, producers, directors, and writers who
were on the front lines of the battle of acceptance outline the
struggles
and obstacles they had to overcome. The entire Inside TV Land:
African
Americans in Television series is narrated by veteran actor Ron
Glass
(BarneyMiller).

02/15/02 - Drama: Premieres February 15 (9:00-10:00pm
ET/PT).features
interviews with:
Cicely Tyson; James Earl Jones; Ossie Davis; Ruby Dee; LeVar
Burton;
Blair Underwood; Dr. Maya Angelou; Leslie Uggams; Nichelle Nichols;
Aaron
Spelling; Steven Bochco; Thomas Carter; Earle Hyman; David Wolper;
Sheldon Leonard; Alex Haley; Robert Culp; Philip Michael Thomas and
others.

02-22/02 - Comedy: Premieres February 22 (9:00-10:00pm ET/PT).
features
interviews with:
Bill Cosby; Norman Lear; Jamie Foxx; Diahann Carroll; Carroll O'
Connor;David Alan Grier; Redd Foxx; Robert Guillaume; Malcolm-Jamal
Warner;
Tim Reid; Marla Gibbs; Jimmie Walker; Nell Carter; Kim Fields; D.L.
Hughley;
Julian Bond and others.