Over the past several years, the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police officers have sparked a national debate about race, policing and civil rights, with the Department of Justice (DOJ) stepping in to mandate reform at several troubled police forces.
Join GPB's Virginia Prescott for a live discussion with New York Times best-selling author, Bruce Feiler, as he talks about his new book Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change in a Nonlinear Age.
When unarmed black teenager Michael Brown was killed by a police officer and left lying in the street for hours, it marked a breaking point for the residents of the St. Louis area and beyond.
Join GPB's Virginia Prescott for a live discussion with author, Lisa Napoli, as she talks about her new book Up All Night: Ted Turner, CNN, and the Birth of 24-Hour News.
Join GPB's Virginia Prescott on July 8th for a live discussion with Lara Prescott. Lara is the author of The Secrets We Kept, an instant New York Times bestseller and a Hello Sunshine x Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. The Secrets We Kept has been translated into 30 languages and will be adapted for film by The Ink Factory and Marc Platt Productions.
Join us for an online screening of this documentary film about the increasingly common conversation taking place in homes and communities across the country between parents of color and their children, especially sons, about how to behave if they are ever stopped by the police. The Talk: Race in America originally aired on PBS stations nationwide in 2017.
American Experience The Vote, a new four-hour, two-part documentary series, tells the dramatic story of the epic — and surprisingly unfamiliar — crusade waged by American women for the right to vote.
