2011 Black History Month TV Programming
(check local listings for the availability of each cable/satellite network in your area; all programming subject to change;
listings below are not intended to be exhaustive) See this press release from PBS about national programming.  Compiled by Frank W. Baker


National Cable/Satellite

Day (S)

Time

Network

Program/Link

Lesson Plans

January 31- Feb.6

Various

TV ONE

Way Black When

 

Tuesday Feb 1

7am-8am

BIO

Frederick Douglass.
(Copyright: 2 years)

http://www.biography.com/classroom/
bio-month-frederick-douglass.jsp

Friday Feb 4

630am

HBO

Breaking The Huddle: The
Integration of College Football

 

Saturday Feb 5

8pm

SMITHSONIAN

National  Museum of African American History

 

Saturday Feb 5

9pm

SMITHSONIAN

Seizing Justice: Greensboro 4

 

Saturday Feb 5

10pm

SMITHSONIAN

Lives That Changed The World: Nelson Mandela

 

Tuesday Feb 8

7am-8am

BIO

Barack Obama
(Copyright: 2 years)

http://www.biography.com/classroom/
bio-month-barack-obama.jsp

Saturday Feb 12

8pm

SMITHSONIAN

Blue’s Beginnings

 

Saturday Feb 12

9pm

SMITHSONIAN

Traveling Blues

 

Saturday Feb 12

10pm

SMITHSONIAN

Lives That Changed The World: Muhammad Ali

 

Monday Feb 14 6am-7am HISTORY King Part 1 Teacher Guide

Saturday Feb 19

8pm

SMITHSONIAN

Sounds of Jazz

 

Saturday Feb 19

9pm

SMITHSONIAN

Free Jazz to Future Jazz

 

Monday Feb 21 6am-7am HISTORY King Part 2 Teacher Guide

Monday Feb 21

9pm

BET

BET Honors 2011

 

Saturday Feb 26

8pm

SMITHSONIAN

Soul Stirrings

 

Saturday Feb 26

9pm

SMITHSONIAN

Heart of Soul

 

Monday Feb 28

6am-7am

HISTORY

Honor Deferred
(Copyright: 2 years)

http://www.history.com/images/
media/interactives/AfricanAmericansWWII.pdf

History Channel Black History Month resources website:  http://www.history.com/topics/black-history-month
BIO Channel Black History Month resources website:  http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/