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- 201054mTV-PG7.6 (9)TV EpisodeThis episode explores the many journeys to becoming American that defined the "Century of Immigration" (1820s-1924) and transformed the United States from a sleepy agrarian country into a booming industrial power. Stephen Colbert's Irish great-great-grandfather escaped poverty and religious oppression, whereas Mario Batali's great-grandfather, who left the place where his family had lived for centuries, struggled to survive in the quartz mines of Montana. Her Majesty Queen Noor's Syrian great-grandfather quickly found his footing in New York's first Arab American community, while Kristi Yamaguchi's grandfather faced exclusionary laws and racially-defined barriers to citizenship for decades.
- This concert special celebrates iconic stage performances made famous by Black artists and features the best of the current generation of Black Broadway stars. Performing classics from "The Wiz", "The Color Purple", "Company", "Porgy and Bess", "Ain't Misbehavin'" and more, the cast is joined by multiple guest conductors and a choir of students from Howard University and Morgan State University and was filmed on October 5, 2022, at Howard University's Cramton Auditorium. All vocalists are accompanied by the American Pops Orchestra, founded by Music Director Luke Frazier. Featured artists include television and Broadway star Corbin Bleu ("Make Them Hear You" from "Ragtime"); Broadway performer and concert soloist Nikki Renée Daniels ("Being Alive" from "Company" and "Come Rain Or Come Shine" from "St. Louis Woman"); and Broadway and TV star Tiffany Mann ("Fools Fall In Love" from "Smokey Joe's Cafe" and "I Got Love" from "Purlie"). Nova Payton sings "I'm Here" from "The Color Purple", a show in which she starred in Washington, D.C., followed by Stephanie Mills, who portrayed Dorothy in the original Broadway run of "The Wiz" singing "Home". Additional performers include Emmy, Tony and SAG Award nominee Norm Lewis ("I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" from "Porgy and Bess" and "Waiting For Life" from "Once On This Island"); Broadway artist, acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer John Manzari ("Low Down Blues" from "Shuffle Along"), and teenage prodigy violinist Leah Flynn ("Summertime" from "Porgy and Bess"). From Broadway's "Hamilton", Amber Iman performs "Learn To Love," followed by Grammy winner Sydney James Harcourt with "Stand Up An' Fight" (from "Carmen Jones"). Actress, singer and drag artist Peppermint gives her rendition of the title song from "Ain't Misbehavin,'" and Nova Payton returns to close the concert with the show stopping "And I Am Telling You" from "Dreamgirls."
- David Geffen's far-reaching influence - as agent, manager, record industry mogul, Hollywood and Broadway producer, and philanthropist - has helped shape American popular culture for the past four decades. Notoriously press and camera-shy, Geffen reveals himself for the first time.
- The Kennedy Center celebrates jazz icon and social activist, Charles Mingus at 100. Through performances and conversations, we explore how his outsized personality and inimitable style pushed boundaries and paved the way for future generations.
- This is the story of the peopling of the New World, of how land came to define the settling and identity of America, and of how the guests' ancestors were part of this history. Among the discoveries are descriptions of Meryl Streep's eighth great-grandfather who fought in Metacom's War, records of a land dispute in Spain that pushed Eva Longoria's ancestors to leave for the New World, a treaty that Louise Erdrich's Native American ancestor was forced to sign, and Yo-Yo Ma's family genealogy in China, which gives insights into his identity he has longed for his whole life.
- 201054mTV-PGTV EpisodeThe first episode explores the dynamic and shifting relationship America had with her new immigrants in the 20th century. World war tore apart families and sundered the fabric of many lives, but America beckoned and millions came. Yet, America was an ambivalent host. For film director Mike Nichols, whose entire family escaped Nazi Germany, it was a place of refuge and salvation. At its worst, it was a country that would imprison two generations of Japanese Americans, like the ancestors of Olympic gold medalist Kristi Yamaguchi. And a single encounter changed musician Yo-Yo Ma's life forever, paving the road to success.
- They were an extraordinary people born of white rock and blue sea. They invented democracy, distilled logic and reason, wrote plays to plumb the deepest recesses of the soul, and captured the perfection of the human form in athletics and art. Quite simply, the Greeks created our world. ¶ Today, of course, Greece conjures very different images: civic unrest, financial meltdowns, long ATM lines. But as its ancient history attests, strife and discord are often incubators for greatness. From their beginnings as hunter-gatherers in harsh, unforgiving landscapes; to surviving the worst collapse in human history; to facing off against the greatest empire the world had ever known, the Greeks would have to overcome incredible odds to pave the way for the modern West. ¶ In National Geographic's landmark event series "The Greek's", historians and archaeologists, actors and athletes, scientists and artists launch a groundbreaking exploration into the ancient Greeks' journey - not just to better understand their past, but to discover how their legacy illuminates our present, and will shape our future. The story of the Greeks is the story of us.
- When Black neighborhoods across America erupted in violence in the summer of 1967, President Johnson appointed a commission to find the cause for the unrest. Their findings offered an unvarnished assessment of American race relations.