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Segregation Scholarships

Season 8 Episode 13 | 25m 49s

The untold story of Black Americans in pursuit of higher education in the North when Southern graduate schools were white-only. The academics, who left during the Great Migration, returned to the Jim Crow South to strengthen their communities and to help end segregation. SEGREGATION SCHOLARSHIPS highlights the trailblazers while illustrating the role of education in transforming social conditions.

Aired: 09/15/24 | Expires: 09/15/29
Major funding for Local, USA provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Extras
Descendants of a Black neighborhood in Athens, GA fight to preserve its memory and seek redress.
Exploring how HBCU programs and initiatives are changing and saving lives in the community.
Illustrating the power and success of peaceful student-led protests at HBCUs.
Young Black men seek wisdom from an older generation, hoping to avoid becoming another statistic.
Young Black men seek wisdom from an older generation, hoping to avoid becoming another statistic.
Overlooked since the 1970s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his process.
Overlooked since the 1970s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his process.
A female photographer struggles to navigate diverging roles as good mother and acclaimed artist.
A female photographer struggles to navigate diverging roles as good mother and acclaimed artist.
Women leaders reclaim for their right to share the indigenous practice of controlled burning.
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