Black History Month: What to Watch
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Feb. 1
Change Agents: History in the Making (short films)
TV One
Feb. 2
The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story (limited series)
FX
Feb. 3
Preachers of Atlanta (reality series)
Oxygen
Feb. 5
47th Annual NAACP Image Awards
TV One
Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown to ‘Off The Wall’ (documentary)
Showtime
Feb. 9
Here We Go Again (series)
TV One
Feb. 10
The Next 15 (reality series)
TV One
Feb. 13
SportsCenter on the Road From Hampton University (special)
ESPN
Feb. 14
Rise Up: SportsCenter Black History Month Special (special)
ESPN
Feb. 24
About the Business (reality series)
BET
Feb. 29
Major League Legends: Hank Aaron (special episode of docuseries)
Smithsonian Channel
Hate in America (documentary)
Investigation Discovery
Also This Month:
• Disney XD and Disney Channel will run a documentary-style interstitial that illustrates the bravery of young African-Americans through the lens of Cameron Boyce (Descendants) and his timeless hero, Jo-Ann Boyce — his grandmother, who was one of the Clinton 12, a group of 12 black Tennessee teens who were the first to integrate into an all-white high school in the South in 1956, following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
• Music Choice will offer a package of music videos dubbed “The New Classics,” including videos from Drake, Fetty Wap and Rihanna, as well as videos from the soundtracks of popular black movies such as Straight Outta Compton.