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“At my house, only one person got the mail, and that was my mother.”

“And I asked him everything that I ever wanted to ask. I asked him to tell me the real story.”

“A Staff Sergeant went through my cell phone and saw some of the text messages that I had to my boyfriend.”

This segment examines black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey and his organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Best known for his leadership in a "back to Africa" movement, Garvey's ideas would influence later black nationalist thought.

This spoken word poem explores the limited definition of maleness that is sometimes passed from fathers to sons.

In this video, young people reflect on society's rules for what males and females can and cannot do.

Suzanne Bilyeu details how Jackie Robinson's gift for playing ball eventually united a team of 30 men and gave hope to hundreds of thousands of African Americans. These feats came at a great cost to Robinson physically, mentally and emotionally as he endured hate and hardships on and off the field

The discovery of a memoir by one of President Madison's slaves sheds light on the role slavery played in the White House.

Although her husband died in the September 11 attack, Arissa is targeted for being Muslim. In this excerpt, she is held up by a group of men who berate her and threaten to kill her until they realize she is pregnant.

Rosie's mother and father did not marry out of love, and her mother writes haiku as an escape. After entering a contest, a man comes to deliver her prize—a framed picture. Angered by this intrusion, Rosie's father destroys the picture. In her anguish, Rosie's mother explains her marriage to her daughter.