Oscar Micheaux's landmark film — the earliest surviving film made by an African American director. A searing look at racial injustice in the American South.
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1972 · Drama
Sounder
A sharecropping family — perseverance and dignity in the face of systemic oppression.
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1975 · Comedy-Drama
Cooley High
Chicago 1964 — capturing Black American youth with rare authenticity.
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1961 · Drama
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry's landmark play — a Black family's dreams and the walls built to stop them.
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1974 · Comedy-Drama
Claudine
A Harlem single mother navigating welfare, work, and love.
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1973 · Drama
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
One of the most suppressed films in American history.
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1920 · Public Domain
The Scar of Shame
Rare window into 1920s Black American society.
Music · Culture
THE SPEAKEASY
The Sound of Delineation
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Featured · Your Music
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Soul · Classic
What's Going On
Marvin Gaye — the sound of Black America's conscience at its highest.
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R&B · Classic
Superstition
Stevie Wonder at the peak of his powers.
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Funk · Classic
Say It Loud
James Brown's declaration — political, cultural, foundational.
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Jazz · Classic
Strange Fruit
Billie Holiday — the most powerful protest song ever recorded.
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Hip Hop · Classic
The Message
Grandmaster Flash — hip hop finds its political voice.
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Gospel · Classic
Oh Happy Day
Edwin Hawkins Singers — gospel reaching every corner of the world.
Film · Truth
DOCUMENTARIES
The Power of Information
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Your Documentary · Now Streaming
UFOs & Black People — Connected
A documentary exploring the thematic correlation between UFO sightings over the DMV area near Langley A.F.B. and the historical legacy of Nat Turner's rebellion.
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History · FBA
Hidden Colors
Tariq Nasheed's landmark series on the untold history of African and aboriginal descent.
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Civil Rights · History
Eyes on the Prize
The definitive documentary on the American civil rights movement.
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Justice · FBA
13th
Ava DuVernay on the 13th Amendment, race, justice, and mass incarceration.
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HBCUs · Heritage
Tell Them We Are Rising
Institutions Black Americans built for themselves when all others were closed to them.
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History · Origins
African Origin of Civilization
Documented evidence of African civilizations as the foundation of world knowledge.
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Your Curation
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Community · Movement
THE COLLECTIVE
Voices · Clips · Speeches · News
CREATOR CLIPS
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Featured FBA Voice
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HISTORIC SPEECHES
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YouTube · Historic
I Have a Dream — MLK, 1963
The speech that defined a generation.
YouTube · Historic
The Ballot or the Bullet — Malcolm X
One of the most precise political speeches in American history.
YouTube · Historic
Shirley Chisholm — Congress, 1969
The first Black American to seek a major party presidential nomination.
NEWS & UPDATES
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X · Breaking
14th Amendment — SCOTUS Watch
Track the Supreme Court birthright citizenship ruling.
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Delineation Movement Updates
Curated X posts from the FBA delineation movement. Update weekly.