Enjoy excerpts from Season Eight of FINDING YOUR ROOTS and learn about conducting your own genealogical research from expert genealogists Kimberly Morgan and Nicka Smith.
LOVE HURTS: Prepare a five-minute tale about a love that made you go OUCH. The agony of deferred love! The misery of good love, gone bad! The anguish of one-way love! Bring stories of your heart, kicked to the curb by the people or places or things you love...or used to love. Love that "Hurts So Good" also welcome.
U.S. prisons and jails lead the world in incarcerating women—what happens when they return to their families? Join us for a screening and discussion about families working through these challenges in Georgia.
Join FRONTLINE and Retro Report in conversation around "American Reckoning," a story that explores the killing of NAACP leader Wharlest Jackson in Natchez, Mississippi, in 1967.
The Kennedy Library and GBH partner for an exclusive preview and discussion of the new PBS American Experience documentary The American Diplomat. Ambassador (Ret.) Aurelia Brazeal, Director Leola Calzolai-Stewart and Duke professor of history Adriane Lentz-Smith discuss the film and explore the experience of African American diplomats serving during the Cold War with American Experience executive producer Cameo George.
GPB and PBS KIDS would like to share KINDNESS Day with you virtually! VIRTUAL Kindness festival is a great family event to engage in activities together while staying safe. Join GPB Education for a Virtual Kindness Festival from 6:30 - 7:30 P.M. on February 9, 2022! We will celebrate all things winter with DIY craft activities, games, PBS KIDS Winter episode, a raffle, and more!
Join audiences nationwide for a virtual event exploring the history and future of democracy in the United States. The event will feature highlights from Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union and a panel discussion with Marcia Chatelain (Pulitzer Prize-winning historian), Jelani Cobb (writer, author and educator), and Alexis Coe (presidential historian and New York Times best-selling author) and other special guests, moderated by Margaret Hoover (host of PBS’ Firing Line with Margaret Hoover). The film excerpts and panel discussion will be open captioned.
Climate change is increasingly recognized to pose a variety of threats to human health, including mental health and well-being. Join GPB, Compassionate Atlanta and Georgia Interfaith Power & Light for an interactive dialogue including actionable steps that we can take as individuals to find hope as we care for the planet.
Although Muhammad Ali is universally revered as he Greatest of All Time (or G.O.A.T.) for his exploits in the boxing ring, he also became a champion of humanity through his commitment to service outside the ring. Through a partnership led by PBS Books, USA TODAY and the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, this program will highlight the dedication to courage, generosity, kindness and compassion embodied by Muhammad Ali in recognition of his 80th birthday. Additional partners include the Louisville Courier Journal, Metro Louisville United Way, the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and Kentucky Educational Television (KET).
