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African American/Black History and Experience: Black Voices

Meet the Dreamers, the Thinkers, the Innovators, the Artists, the Influencers and Activists.

Toni Morrison: Writing the Moral Obligation
Ali: A Life
A Hammer in Their Hands: A Documentary History of Technology and the African-American Experience
Dancing Revelations: Alvin Ailey's Embodiment of African American Culture
Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists
Citizen
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema
Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement
Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence
Becoming
Education as Freedom: African American Educational Thought and Activism
Better Than the Best: Black Athletes Speak, 1920-2007
Tupac Shakur: The Life and Times of an American Icon
The Meaning of Freedom
Charles Burnett: Interviews
Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker
The Oprah Phenomenon
Notes of a Native Son
Redefining Realness
Notes from a Young Black Chef
Montage of a Dream: The Art and Life of Langston Hughes
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

Political Leaders & Activists

Kamala Harris, Vice President

Source:  Vice President Kamala Harris' YouTube

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John Lewis, Congressman & Civil Rights Leader

Source:  Washington Post

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Amanda Gorman

Source:  CNN

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Stacey Abrams

Source: Ted Talk