Skip to main content
Back to Show
Local, USA

Segregation Scholarships

Season 8 Episode 13

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.

Watch Preview
Airdates
Monday Jan 6, 6:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
Monday Jan 6, 11:00 PM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
Tuesday Jan 7, 7:00 AM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
Monday Jan 13, 12:30 PM PST on PBS SoCal WORLD
Support Provided By
Season
With Peter Bradley
1:23:54
Overlooked since the 1970s, abstract artist Peter Bradley reflects on life and shares his process.
UNVEILED: Joyce Tenneson and the Heroine's Journey
56:06
A female photographer struggles to navigate diverging roles as good mother and acclaimed artist.
Firelighters: Fire is Medicine
Unlock with PBS Passport
57:01
Women leaders reclaim for their right to share the indigenous practice of controlled burning.
Scha'nexw Elhtal'nexw Salmon People: Preserving a Way of Life
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:02:24
A love story of salmon, water and family that explores this deep connection for the Lummi people.
Inundation District
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:18:02
Examining the short-sighted political decisions of one American city in an era of rising seas.
Silence in Sikeston
55:19
How a lynching and police killing 78 years apart haunt the rural community of Sikeston, Missouri.
American Problems, Trans Solutions
25:17
Stories of trans leaders addressing critical issues around economic empowerment and human dignity.
Public Enemies, Private Friends
Unlock with PBS Passport
1:28:49
Leaders from opposing sides of the abortion debate meet in secret talks following deadly attacks.
Chinatown Auxiliary
Unlock with PBS Passport
27:04
Chinese residents patrol Manhattan's Chinatown to protect their home and find belonging.
Fire Tender
27:41
A Yurok knowledge keeper seeks to return fire practices, and restore land and people.
Minnesota's Alt-Meat Revolution
25:23
In Dawson, MN, PURIS promises to revolutionize "alt-meat" and the agricultural system.
HBCU Week: Tradition and Competition
16:57
From Hampton and Howard to NC A&T and NC Central, witness rivalries defining HBCU sports.
Active loading indicator