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Celebrate Black History Month This February, PBS SoCal and KCET invite you to explore and celebrate the central role Black Americans have played in shaping American history and their extraordinary contributions to culture and arts. Watch all month on broadcast, on the PBS SoCal and KCET websites, and streaming on the free PBS app. And find companion articles that examine aspects of Black history in Southern California. Headlining the programming is the two-part series "The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr, which traces the 400-year-old ...

Committed to Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion PBS SoCal and KCET Announce Robust Slate of Black History Month Broadcast and Streaming Content Share Article Local and National Virtual Events Planned for Upcoming Two-Part PBS Series THE BLACK CHURCH: THIS IS OUR STORY, THIS IS OUR SONG From Executive Producer/Writer/Host Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. With Goal of Increasing Community’s Historic Awareness and Celebrating Gospel Music (Clockwise from Upper Left: THE BLACK CHURCH “This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song,” LOST LA “Shindana Toy Company” and “HOLLYWOOD’S ARCHITECT.” Cour...

In honor of Black History Month, KCET and PBS SoCal will showcase a curated lineup of enlightening programs to bolster awareness and understanding of...

Twilight: Los Angeles Anna Deavere Smith has been credited with inventing a new form of theater -- a provocative blend of performance, social commentary and journalism designed to encourage a national dialogue about controversial issues. For her powerful one woman/multi-voiced theater piece about the 1991 Rodney King beating, the violent aftermath of the 1992 verdict and the lasting impact of the Los Angeles riots on America's conscience, Smith interviewed hundreds of people involved in the event and its aftermath. She virtually "becomes" some 30 real life characters -- a Korean grocer, a Hol...

But the minute black artists start thinking about crossover, they start diluting the work, watering it down and the work suffers. >> when we look at the john singletons and the spikes, all the way across the board, this became the era where we took charge of our own culture, our own cultural icons and telling our own stories expressed either in music or in theater or in cinema. >> in los angeles, one woman is stirring memories and trying to bring about an understanding of the events that tore that city apart a little more than a year ago. her name is anna deveer smith. and she's taken the riot...