Watch PBS NC for Special Programming on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

On Monday, 1/17, PBS North Carolina will bring you special programming to commemorate and honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., exploring his role in the Civil Rights Movement and examining the influence of his legacy today. Explore below to find our tv schedules, watch more films available for streaming, and explore educational resources for teachers and families.

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Eyes on the Prize

Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Narrated by political leader and civil rights activist Julian Bond (1940-2015).

Eyes on the Prize is streaming now only with PBS NC Passport.

PBS NewsHour "Rare Martin Luther King, Jr. signatures found in jail log" (2/25/21)

In February 2021, rare documents with 12 signatures of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sold for more than $130,000. They were penned in an Alabama jail logbook after King was arrested in April 1963 for leading a march against racial segregation. Rikki Klaus reports on the unprecedented item as part of the PBS NewsHour arts and culture series, CANVAS.

MPT Presents Finding Fellowship

Finding Fellowship follows three racially-segregated churches in Quince Orchard, Maryland that had each fallen on hard financial times. In 1968, as members of the three churches debated the consequences of merging, it was announced that Martin Luther King Jr. had just been murdered. Despite King's assassination, the three churches voted to merge their congregations into one.

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