Discover how tap dancer Arthur Duncan got his big break from Betty White during the Jim Crow era and helped break racial barriers on television.

Before Dulles Airport, Willard, Virginia was a thriving Black community built by formerly enslaved families before eminent domain erased it forever.

Discover the extraordinary life of Matilda McCrear, the last known survivor of the illegal slave ship Clotilda and a forgotten witness to history.

Each episode centers around little known events or persons from Black history. Selected for their effect on African Americans and American Culture.

A federal holiday since 1971, the roots of Memorial Day go back over a century prior, to the end of the Civil War.

Jaafar Jackson is with ET's Kevin Frazier in Berlin ahead of the release of Michael Jackson's biopic, 'Michael'.

Each episode centers around little known events or persons from Black history. Selected for their effect on African Americans and American Culture.

George Washington Carver was many things over his lifetime: a student, a teacher, an artist, a researcher, an environmentalist, a pianist, an inventor.

Jennifer Hudson delivers a powerful rendition of “A Change Is Gonna Come” at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s funeral in Chicago, honoring the civil rights icon’s enduring legacy.

Just released from prison, Max Washington must decide which of his previous professions to return to: burglary or tap-dancing.

The commerce of slavery was deeply integrated into the Massachusetts economy in the 18th century. Many white colonists, including Colonel John Ashley, who owned Ashley House and the surrounding fields in the 1700s, used enslaved laborers.

Meet the Tucker family, descendants of the first documented African family in English North America, and explore their powerful American legacy.

Discover how the Ten Million Names project is working to recover and preserve the identities of enslaved African Americans through research and genealogy.

Discover how Ralph Bunche became the first Black Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1950 and shaped modern diplomacy through the United Nations.

Discover the Wilfandel Club, a historic Los Angeles women’s organization founded in 1945 to uplift the Black community through service and culture.