BHM TV: Feb 6 2009

6:15 am EST (HBO)

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Actors read interviews conducted with the last generation of African Americans born into slavery prior to the end of the Civil War. Mature subject matter.

7:00 am EST (BIO)

Biography : The Harlem Globetrotters

Tracks the history of the entertainers who perform comedy routines on the basketball court.

11:00 AM (HBO)

BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL

On September 12, 1970, the fully integrated USC football team soundly defeated the all-white Alabama Crimson Tide--and landed a deathblow to a shameful era in American history. HBO Sports presents this documentary that chronicles the integration of college football in the South, focusing on the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and its profound effect on the racial status quo of college athletics. The film tells the personal stories of some of those who helped achieve equality on the field, looks at the impact of segregation on black high-school stars forced to travel to integrated schools, and culminates with the September 1970 game between the University of Southern California, featuring star running back Sam "Bam" Cunningham, and the University of Alabama team led by legendary head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. 

Full Schedule

3pm (Gospel Music Channel)

Front Row Live Calvin Cooke & Friends with Robert Randolph 

3:00 P.M. (TVONE)

100 Greatest Black Power Moves 

the five-part series that unveils 100 of the greatest achievements in African-American history.  

3pm (VH1 Classic)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Electric Ladyland 

6:45 pm (SHO)

The Great Debaters

2007 film about a college professor who challenges 1930s racism by training a first-class African American debate team that makes its way to a national championship against Harvard University. Rated PG-13; adult language, mature subject matter.