Life stories of resistance, hope and triumph to educate, inform and entertain you.
Claudette Colvin, the unsung hero of the US civil rights movement
"I have a dream": The man who helped Dr Martin Luther King write that speech.
The man who became a symbol of police brutality towards black people in America.
Accounts from the Freedom Riders of 1961. Offensive language has been bleeped
Racism, gang life and the quest to build America's first black high school rowing team
The college that aims to turn out America's next black leaders.
Rosemary Saal was part of the first all African-American team to climb Denali
André Leon Talley went from a modest life in North Carolina, to Vogue magazine
Ruth Carter went from costuming her college plays to crafting outfits for Hollywood films
How a reluctant trumpet player became the most celebrated jazz musician of his generation
Janice Bryant Howroyd: the first African-American woman to run a billion dollar company
Maria Hamilton and Doretha Lock were united by the shooting of their sons in the US
Nedra Bonds' quilts are a way of protesting against social injustice.
How an African American police officer ended up as a card-carrying member of the KKK
Becoming one of the first African American actors on children's TV came with an ultimatum
In her 40s Gail Lukasik discovered that her ‘white’ mother was in fact multiracial
Lonnie Johnson made millions from inventing a toy water gun, the Super Soaker.
US Olympic champion Michael Johnson had to learn to walk again following a stroke.
From gospel to the Grammys – the life and times of America’s octogenarian boyband
Looking back on the life of Arthur Mitchell, pioneering African-American ballet dancer.
Hiram Johnson embarked on a quest to solve a family mystery
Erricka Bridgeford called a Baltimore ceasefire but could it go 72 hours without killing?
From age 14 to 37 Anthony Brown was homeless and became addicted to drugs and alcohol
95-year-old 'Queen of Swing' Norma Miller
