BHM TV: Feb 22 2009

3:00 P.M. (BET)

SOUL OF THE GAME

Starring Blair Underwood and Delroy Lindo, Soul of the Game depicts a story of the Negro Leagues baseball in the period immediately following World War II.

5:00 P.M. (BET)

MALCOLM X 

BET airs this Oscar-nominated drama illuminating the life of civil rights leader Malcolm X following him from his early days as a prison-bound gangster to his conversion to Islam. Starring Denzel Washington.

8:00 p.m. (Gospel Music Channel)

2009 BMI Trailblazers Awards Tribute 

 - Twinkie Clark, Donald Laurence & CeCe Winans 

Includes appearances and inspired live performances from a selection of contemporary stars and gospel powerhouses including Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Bebe Winans, Karen Clark-Sheard, Kim Burrell, DeWayne Woods, Crystal Lewis and Lejune Thompson. 

10:30 (PBS) 

SIGNPOST TO FREEDOM: THE 1953 BATON ROUGE BUS BOYCOTT 

This documentary tells the story of the nation’s first large-scale boycott challenging segregation in Louisiana.